Case Name: Edward Davilia RODRIQUEZ, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1999-04-28
Citations: 992 S.W.2d 483
Docket Number: No. 1281-98
Parties: Edward Davilia RODRIQUEZ, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas.
Judges: in which MANSFIELD, KELLER, WOMACK and KEASLER, JJ., joined.
Reporter: South Western Reporter Second Series
Volume: 992
Pages: 483–486

Head Matter:
Edward Davilia RODRIQUEZ, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas.
No. 1281-98.
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, En Banc.
April 28, 1999.
Todd S. Dudley, Austin, for appellant.
Sylvia Mandel, Asst. Dist. Atty., Fort Worth, Matthew Paul, State’s Atty., Austin, for the State.
. There is some dispute as to the correct spelling of appellant’s middle name. Appellant’s discretionary review petition spells it as "Davilia.” Appellant’s brief spells it as "Davilia.” The State’s brief spells it is as "Davila.” The Court of Appeals’ opinion spells it as "Davilia.” Rodriquez v. State, 972 S.W.2d 135 (Tex.App.—Texarkana 1998). We use the spelling used in the Court of Appeals’ opinion.
. There is also some dispute as to the correct spelling of appellant’s surname. Appellant’s discretionary review petition and brief spell it as "Rodriguez.” The State’s brief spells it as "Rodriquez.” The Court of Appeals’ opinion spells it as "Rodriquez.” Id. We use the spelling used in the Court of Appeals’ opinion.

Opinion:
OPINION
McCORMICK, P.J.,
delivered the opinion of the Court,
in which MANSFIELD, KELLER, WOMACK and KEASLER, JJ., joined.
After appellant pled nolo contendere to voluntary manslaughter, the trial court placed him on ten years' deferred adjudication probation. The trial court subsequently adjudicated appellant guilty of the voluntary manslaughter offense and sentenced him to twenty years' confinement.
Appellant filed a direct appeal from the adjudication proceeding claiming the State failed to use due diligence in apprehending him and bringing him before the trial court for a hearing. The Court of Appeals dismissed the appeal for lack of jurisdiction because, among other things, appellant's general notice of appeal failed to vest the Court of Appeals with jurisdiction over appellant's appeal. Rodriquez, 972 S.W.2d at 139.
We granted appellant's discretionary review petition to review this decision. Although we disagree with- the Court of Appeals' reasoning, we agree with its ultimate holding that it lacked jurisdiction over appellant's appeal based on our recent decision in Connolly v. State, 983 S.W.2d 738, 741, (Tex.Cr.App.1999).
The judgment of the Court of Appeals is affirmed.
MANSFIELD, J., filed a concurring opinion in which KELLER, J., joined.
JOHNSON, J., filed a dissenting opinion in which MEYERS, PRICE and HOLLAND, JJ., joined.