NO. 07-00-0563-CR
IN THE COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE SEVENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS
AT AMARILLO
PANEL D
APRIL 24, 2001
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FELTON D. WHITE,
Appellant
v.
THE STATE OF TEXAS,
Appellee
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FROM THE 137 TH DISTRICT COURT OF LUBBOCK COUNTY;
NO. 2000-433,133; HON. CECIL G. PURYEAR, PRESIDING
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Before Boyd, C.J., and Quinn and Reavis, JJ.
Felton D. White attempts to appeal from a judgment under which he was convicted of capital murder and sentenced to life in prison. The judgment was entered pursuant to his guilty plea and plea bargain with the State. Furthermore, the trial court’s decision and sentence comported with the terms of the plea bargain. So too did the trial court deny appellant leave to appeal.
Because appellant had pled guilty and the trial court had followed the plea agreement, appellant was obligated to file a notice of appeal comporting with Texas Rule of Appellate Procedure 25.2(b)(3). In other words, the notice of appeal had to state that 1) the appeal involved jurisdictional defects, 2) the substance of the appeal was raised by written motion which the court ruled on before trial, or 3) the court granted permission to appeal. However, the document filed by appellant does not contain any of those statements. Consequently, it did not vest this court with jurisdiction to consider the appeal. Lowe v. State , 997 S.W.2d 670, 672 (Tex. App.--Dallas 1999, no pet.). (footnote: 1)
Accordingly, we dismiss the appeal for want of jurisdiction.
Per Curiam
Do not publish.
FOOTNOTES
1:
Furthermore, with the advent of Cooper v. State , No. 1100-99 (Tex. Crim. App. April 4, 2001) we can no longer consider allegations that the plea was involuntary in circumstances like those at bar.