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TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT, AT AUSTIN

NO. 03-00-00068-CR

Paula Jean Todd, Appellant

v.

The State of Texas, Appellee

FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF BELL COUNTY, 264TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT

NO. 49203, HONORABLE MARTHA J. TRUDO, JUDGE PRESIDING

PER CURIAM

The clerk's record in this cause, an appeal from a conviction for aggravated
robbery, contains a written waiver of appeal signed by appellant, her attorney, and the trial judge. 
This document, which reflects a knowing and voluntary waiver of the right to appeal, was signed
in open court on the day sentence was imposed.  A defendant who knowingly and intelligently
waives her right to appeal may not thereafter appeal without the consent of the trial court.  Ex
parte Dickey, 543 S.W.2d 99 (Tex. Crim. App. 1976); see also Hurd v. State, 548 S.W.2d 388

(Tex. Crim. App. 1977); Reed v. State, 516 S.W.2d 680 (Tex. Crim. App. 1974).  There is
nothing in the record to indicate that appellant sought or obtained the permission of the trial court
to pursue this appeal.

The appeal is dismissed.

Before Justices Jones, Yeakel and Patterson

Dismissed for Want of Jurisdiction

Filed:   April 6, 2000

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