In The
Court of Appeals
Ninth District of Texas at Beaumont
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NO. 09-01-556 CR
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JAKE KNIGHT JONES, Appellant
V.
THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee
Jefferson County, Texas
Trial Cause No. 75330
Jake Knight Jones pleaded guilty to the first degree felony offense of engaging in organized criminal activity. See Tex. Pen. Code Ann. § 71.02(a)(1) (Vernon Supp. 2002). Following a plea bargain agreement between Jones and the State, the trial court deferred adjudication of guilt and placed Jones on community supervision for ten years. Subsequently, the court found Jones violated the terms of the community supervision order and sentenced Jones to twenty years of confinement in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional Division.
Appellate counsel filed a brief that concludes no arguable error is presented in this appeal. See Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738, 87 S. Ct. 1396, 18 L. Ed. 2d 493 (1967); High v. State, 573 S.W.2d 807 (Tex. Crim. App. 1978). On March 21, 2002, Jones was given an extension of time in which to file a pro se brief. We received no response from the appellant. Because the appeal involves the application of well-settled principles of law, we deliver this memorandum opinion. See Tex. R. App. P. 47.1.
The notice of appeal filed by Jones failed to invoke our appellate jurisdiction to review issues relating to his conviction. White v. State, 61 S.W.3d 424, 428-29 (Tex. Crim. App. 2001). (1) Although a general notice of appeal invokes our jurisdiction to consider issues relating to the process by which Jones was punished, no error relating to punishment was preserved. Vidaurri v. State, 49 S.W.3d 880, 883, 885 (Tex. Crim. App. 2001).
We have reviewed the clerk's record and the reporter's record, and find no arguable error requiring us to order appointment of new counsel. Compare Stafford v. State, 813 S.W.2d 503, 511 (Tex. Crim. App. 1991). The judgment is affirmed.
AFFIRMED.
PER CURIAM
Submitted on June 26, 2002
Opinion Delivered July 10, 2002
Do Not Publish
Before Walker, C.J., Burgess and Gaultney, JJ.
1. In a plea-bargained, felony case, the notice of appeal must specify that the appeal
is for a jurisdictional defect, specify that the substance of the appeal was raised by written
motion and ruled on before trial, or state the trial court granted permission to appeal.