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IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS

OF TEXAS

No. PD-0794-05

EDMUND KAHOOKELE, Appellant

v.

THE STATE OF TEXAS

ON APPELLANT'S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW
FROM THE THIRD COURT OF APPEALS

TRAVIS COUNTY

Per curiam.

O P I N I O N

	Appellant plead guilty to engaging in organized criminal activity and was placed on
deferred adjudication community supervision.  The trial court later revoked his community
supervision, adjudicated him guilty, and sentenced him to confinement for twenty years in
the institutional division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.  Appellant filed a
timely notice of appeal.  The trial court certified that this was not a plea bargain case and the
defendant had the right to appeal.  The court of appeals dismissed the appeal for want of
jurisdiction.  Kahookele v. State, 165 S.W.3d 440(Tex. App.-Austin, 2005).  Appellant
petitioned this court for discretionary review asserting that the court of appeals erred when
it determined that it lacked jurisdiction to review this matter and dismissed the appeal.
	The court of appeals held that the issue raised by Appellant, cruel and unusual
punishment, is an issue relating to the conviction, and thus is outside the scope of the right
of appeal under Vidaurri and Woods.  Vidaurri v. State, 49 S.W.3d 880 (Tex. Crim. App.
2001); Woods v. State, 68 S.W.3d 667 (Tex. Crim. App. 2002).  The court of appeals
accordingly dismissed the appeal for want of jurisdiction. 
	In light of our recent decision in Hargesheimer v. State, ___ S.W.3d ___ (Tex. Crim.
App. No. PD-1610-04, delivered January 18, 2006), we will remand this case to the Court
of Appeals.  In Hargesheimer we addressed the relationship between Rule 25.2(a)(2) and Art.
42.12, § 5(b).  We held that when a defendant appeals from an adjudication proceeding under
Art. 42.12, § 5(b), Rule 25.2(a)(2) will not restrict appeal; although we also noted that Art.
42.12, § 5(b) will still prohibit the appeal of the trial court's decision to adjudicate guilt.  Id.
at ___, slip op. at 14.  The Court of Appeals in the instant case did not have the benefit of our
opinion in Hargesheimer.  Accordingly, we grant review of Appellant's petition for
discretionary review, vacate the judgment of the Court of Appeals, and remand the case to
that court in light of our decision in Hargesheimer.
En banc
Delivered:   April 12, 2006
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