Court Opinion

ID: 2835118
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Date Created: 2015-09-02 19:38:11.827513+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:16:39.066937
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In The
Court of Appeals
For The
First District of Texas
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NO. 01-02-00762-CR
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GILBERT NOEL, Appellant

V.

THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee

On Appeal from the 179th District Court
Harris County, Texas
Trial Court Cause No. 905612

MEMORANDUM  OPINION
	Appellant pleaded guilty to felony theft, and, in accordance with a plea
bargain agreement with the State, was sentenced to seven years confinement. 
Appellant filed a timely notice of appeal.  We dismiss the appeal for lack of
jurisdiction.
	Appellant filed a general notice of appeal that did not comply with the
requirements of Rule 25.2(b)(3) of the Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure in that it
did not state that the appeal was for a jurisdictional defect, 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.  See Tex. R. App. P. 25.2(b)(3).  Appellant may not now
file an amended notice of appeal to correct jurisdictional defects.  State v. Riewe, 13
S.W.3d 408, 413-14 (Tex. Crim. App. 2000).
	The Court of Criminal Appeals has held that an appellate court is without
jurisdiction in felony cases such as the present one in which: (1) the defendant
entered a plea of guilty or no contest based on a plea bargain agreement; (2) the trial
court followed the agreement in assessing punishment; and (3) a general notice of
appeal was filed.  See White v. State, 61 S.W.3d 424, 429 (Tex. Crim. App. 2001);
Cooper v. State, 45 S.W.3d 77, 83 (Tex. Crim. App. 2001).
	We also note that appellant waived his right to appeal if the trial court
followed the plea bargain agreement.  See Buck v. State, 45 S.W.3d 275, 278 (Tex.
App.--Houston [1st Dist.] 2001, no pet.).
	Accordingly, we dismiss the appeal for lack of jurisdiction.
PER CURIAM

Panel consists of Justices Taft, Alcala, and Price. (1)
Do not publish.   Tex. R. App. P. 47.
1.    	The Honorable Frank C. Price, former Justice, Court of Appeals, First District
of Texas at Houston, participating by assignment.