Court Opinion

ID: 9862979
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-09-25 02:38:58.840736+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T11:45:36.989505
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OVERSTREET, Judge,
dissenting.
The majority holds that Rule 40(b)(1) requires a defendant, in an appeal from a plea *743bargained conviction, to obtain the trial court’s permission to appeal any matter in the case except for those matters raised by written motion and ruled on before trial and that a “general” notice of appeal confers jurisdiction on a Court of Appeal to review only jurisdictional issues, citing Davis v. State, No. 1212-89, 870 S.W.2d 46-47 (Tex. Cr.App.1993) and Morris v. State, 749 S.W.2d 772, 774-75 (Tex.Cr.App.1986).
For the reasons outlined in my dissent in Davis, slip opinion, I disagree with the majority’s holding in this case. While my Davis dissent is fairly lengthy, I feel compelled to succinctly restate that there are no prerequisites under Rule 40(b)(1), other than a timely notice of appeal, that mandate that a defendant gain trial court’s permission to appeal a nonjurisdictional defect or error that occurs after the entry of the plea. With these comments, I dissent.
BAIRD, J., joins.