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Dismissed and Opinion filed September 19, 2002

Dismissed and Opinion filed September 19, 2002.
 
 
In The
 
Fourteenth Court of Appeals
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NOS. 14-02-00813-CR &
     
14-02-00814-CR
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ERIC LUIS HUERTA, Appellant
 
V.
 
THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee
 

 
On Appeal from the
174th District Court
Harris County,
Texas
Trial Court Cause
Nos. 910,002 & 911,448
 

 
M E M O R
A N D U M   O P I N I O N
Appellant
pled guilty to two counts of burglary on July 16, 2002.  In accordance with the terms of a plea
bargain agreement with the State, the trial court sentenced appellant to three
years confinement in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice--Institutional
Division.  Because we have no
jurisdiction over this appeal, we dismiss. 

To
invoke an appellate court=s jurisdiction over an appeal, an appellant must give timely
and proper notice of appeal.  White v. State, 61 S.W.3d 424, 428 (Tex. Crim.
App. 2001).  Appellant filed a
timely general notice of appeal that did not comply with the requirements of
Rule 25.2(b)(3) of the Texas Rules of Appellate
Procedure.  See Tex. R. App. P. 25.2(b)(3).  Rule 25.2(b)(3)
provides that when an appeal is from a judgment rendered on a defendant=s plea of guilty or nolo contendere and the
punishment assessed does not exceed the punishment recommended by the State and
agreed to by the defendant, the notice of appeal must:  (1) specify that the appeal is for a
jurisdictional defect; (2) specify that the substance of the appeal was raised
by written motion and ruled on before trial; or (3) state that the trial court
granted permission to appeal.  Id.  The time for filing a proper notice of appeal
has expired; thus appellant may not file an amended notice of appeal to correct
jurisdictional defects.  State v. Riewe, 13 S.W.3d 408,
413-14 (Tex. Crim. App. 2000).  Because appellant=s notice of appeal did not comply
with the requirements of Rule 25.2(b)(3), we are
without jurisdiction to consider any of appellant=s issues, including the voluntariness of the plea. 
See Cooper v. State, 45 S.W.2d 77, 83 (Tex. Crim.
App. 2001) (holding that appellant who files general notice of appeal may not
appeal voluntariness of negotiated plea).  
Accordingly,
we dismiss the appeals for want of jurisdiction.  
 
 
PER CURIAM
 
 
Judgment rendered and Opinion filed September 19,
2002.
Panel consists of Justices Yates, Anderson, and
Frost.  
Do Not Publish C Tex. R. App. P. 47.3(b).