Court Opinion

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<P><SPAN STYLE="font-size: 14pt"><STRONG></STRONG></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman" STYLE="font-size: 14pt"><STRONG><CENTER>TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT, AT AUSTIN</STRONG></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman"><STRONG></CENTER> 

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<CENTER>NO. 03-0<A NAME="1">1</A>-00<A NAME="2">122</A>-CR</CENTER> 

 

 

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<CENTER><A NAME="3">Lashown C. Massington</A>, Appellant</CENTER> 

 

 

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<P><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman"><STRONG><CENTER>The State of Texas, Appellee</CENTER> 

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<SPAN STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman" STYLE="font-size: 11pt"><STRONG><CENTER>FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF <A NAME="4">TRAVIS</A> COUNTY, <A NAME="5">390TH</A> JUDICIAL DISTRICT</CENTER> 

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<P><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman" STYLE="font-size: 11pt"><STRONG><CENTER>NO. <A NAME="6">005258</A>, HONORABLE <A NAME="7">JULIE H. KOCUREK</A>, JUDGE PRESIDING</STRONG></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman"><STRONG></CENTER> 

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PER CURIAM 

 

<P><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman">Appellant Lashown C. Massington pleaded guilty to possessing less than one gram 

of cocaine.  <EM>See</EM> Tex. Health &amp; Safety Code Ann.  481.115 (West Supp. 2001).  The district court 

adjudged her guilty and assessed punishment at incarceration in a state jail for twenty-two months, 

as called for in a plea bargain agreement.  Appellant filed a general notice of appeal.</SPAN></P> 

 

<P><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman">When a defendant pleads guilty to a felony and the punishment assessed does not 

exceed that recommended by the prosecutor and agreed to by the defendant, the notice of appeal 

must state that the appeal is for a jurisdictional defect, or that the substance of the appeal was raised 

by written motion and ruled on before trial, or that the trial court granted permission to appeal.  Tex. 

R. App. P. 25.2(b)(3).  Appellant's notice of appeal does not comply with this rule and fails to confer 

jurisdiction on this Court.  <EM>Whitt v. State</EM>, No. 03-00-00194-CR (Tex. App.--Austin April 19, 2001, 

no pet.); <EM>see also Cooper v. State</EM>, No. 1100-99, slip op. at 6-8 (Tex. Crim. App. April 4, 2001).</SPAN></P> 

 

<P><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman">The appeal is dismissed for want of jurisdiction.</SPAN></P> 

 

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<P><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman">Before Chief Justice Aboussie, Justices Yeakel and Patterson</SPAN></P> 

 

<P><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman">Dismissed for Want of Jurisdiction</SPAN></P> 

 

<P><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman">Filed:   June 7, 2001</SPAN></P> 

 

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<P><SPAN STYLE="font-size: 14pt"><STRONG></STRONG></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman" STYLE="font-size: 14pt"><STRONG><CENTER>TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT, AT AUSTIN</STRONG></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman"><STRONG></CENTER> 

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<CENTER>NO. 03-0<A NAME="1">1</A>-00<A NAME="2">122</A>-CR</CENTER> 

 

 

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<CENTER><A NAME="3">Lashown C. Massington</A>, Appellant</CENTER> 

 

 

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<P><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman"><STRONG><CENTER>The State of Texas, Appellee</CENTER> 

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<SPAN STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman" STYLE="font-size: 11pt"><STRONG><CENTER>FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF <A NAME="4">TRAVIS</A> COUNTY, <A NAME="5">390TH</A> JUDICIAL DISTRICT</CENTER> 

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<P><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman" STYLE="font-size: 11pt"><STRONG><CENTER>NO. <A NAME="6">005258</A>, HONORABLE <A NAME="7">JULIE H. KOCUREK</A>, JUDGE PRESIDING</STRONG></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman"><STRONG></CENTER> 

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PER CURIAM 

 

<P><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman">Appellant Lashown C. Massington pleaded guilty to possessing less than one gram 

of cocaine.  <EM>See</EM> Tex. Health &amp; Safety Code Ann.  481.115 (West Supp. 2001).  The district court 

adjudged her guilty and assessed punishment at incarceration in a state jail for twenty-two months, 

as called for in a plea bargain agreement.  Appellant filed a general notice of appeal.</SPAN></P> 

 

<P><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman">When a defendant pleads guilty to a felony and the punishment assessed does not 

exceed that recommended by the prosecutor and agreed to by the defendant, the notice of appeal 

must state that the appeal is for a jurisdictional defect, or that the substance of the appeal was raised 

by written motion and ruled on before trial, or that the trial court granted permission to appeal.  Tex. 

R. App. P. 25.2(b)(3).  Appellant's notice of appeal does not comply with this rule and fails to confer 

jurisdiction on this Court.  <EM>Whitt v. State</EM>, No. 03-00-00194-CR (Tex. App.--Austin April 19, 2001, 

no pet.); <EM>see also Cooper v. State</EM>, No. 1100-99, slip op. at 6-8 (Tex. Crim. App. April 4, 2001).</SPAN></P> 

 

<P><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman">The appeal is dismissed for want of jurisdiction.</SPAN></P> 

 

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<P><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman">Before Chief Justice Aboussie, Justices Yeakel and Patterson</SPAN></P> 

 

<P><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman">Dismissed for Want of Jurisdiction</SPAN></P> 

 

<P><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman">Filed:   June 7, 2001</SPAN></P> 

 

<P><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman">Do Not Publish</SPAN></P> 

 

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