TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT, AT AUSTIN
NO. 03-02-00284-CR
Juan Manuel Cervantes, Appellant
v.
The State of Texas, Appellee
FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF WILLIAMSON COUNTY, 368TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT
NO. 02-190-K368, HONORABLE BURT CARNES, JUDGE PRESIDING
Appellant Juan Manuel Cervantes pleaded guilty to aggravated assault. See Tex. Pen.
Code Ann. ' 22.02 (West 1994). The court adjudged him guilty and sentenced him to twenty years=
imprisonment.
The clerk=s record contains a written waiver of appeal signed by appellant. This document
reflects a knowing and voluntary waiver of the right to appeal and was signed on the day sentence was
imposed in open court. A defendant who knowingly and intelligently waives his right to appeal may not
thereafter appeal without the consent of the trial court. Ex parte Dickey, 543 S.W.2d 99 (Tex. Crim.
App. 1976); see also Hurd v. State, 548 S.W.2d 388 (Tex. Crim. App. 1977); Reed v. State, 516
S.W.2d 680 (Tex. Crim. App. 1974). Appellant sought and was refused permission to appeal.
The appeal is dismissed.
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Jan P. Patterson, Justice
Before Justices Kidd, Patterson and Puryear
Dismissed for Want of Jurisdiction
Filed: June 13, 2002
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Juan Manuel Cervantes v. State
Combined Opinion