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COURT OF APPEALS

COURT OF APPEALS
EIGHTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS
EL PASO, TEXAS
 

 
CRYSTAL
  WILDER,
 
                            Appellant,
 
v.
 
THE STATE OF TEXAS,
 
                            Appellee.

 
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No. 08-02-00358-CR
 
Appeal from the
 
384th District Court
 
of El Paso County, Texas
 
(TC#20010D05850)

 
MEMORANDUM
OPINION
Crystal Wilder pleaded guilty to two
counts of forgery.  She was convicted and
sentenced to two years= confinement in accordance with a
plea agreement.  Wilder=s court-appointed counsel has filed a
brief in which she has concluded that the appeal is wholly frivolous and
without merit.[1]  Wilder has filed a pro se brief,
raising three issues.  The State has
filed a motion to dismiss, arguing that we lack jurisdiction over the
appeal.  Because we agree with the State,
we will dismiss the appeal.

Discussion
Under the version of Rule 25.2(b)(3) of the Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure that is
applicable to this appeal, a defendant who was sentenced in accordance with a
plea agreement must include an Aextra-notice recitation@ in her notice of appeal.  See Woods v. State, 108
S.W.3d 314, 315-16 (Tex. Crim. App.
2003).  The notice of appeal must specify
that:  (1) the appeal is for a
jurisdictional defect; (2) the substance of the appeal was raised by written
motion and ruled on before trial; or (3) the trial court granted permission to
appeal.  See id.  To confer jurisdiction on the appellate
court, the extra-notice recitation must be true and supported by the
record.  Id. at
316.  Moreover, the issues raised
on appeal must be encompassed within the extra-notice recitation.  Id. at 314, 316.
In this case, the notice of appeal
facially complies with the extra-notice requirement by stating that the trial
court gave permission to appeal by appointing appellate counsel.  This recitation, however, is not supported by
the record.  The reporter=s record contains the following
statement by the trial court:  AI want the record to reflect that by
virtue of appointing [counsel], I am not giving her permission, my consent, to
appeal these cases.@

Because the trial court did not give
Wilder permission to appeal, we lack jurisdiction over this appeal.[2]  Accordingly, the State=s motion to dismiss is granted, and
the appeal is dismissed.
 
SUSAN
LARSEN, Justice
January 15, 2004
 
Before Panel No. 1
Larsen, McClure, and Chew,
JJ.
 
(Do Not Publish)
 

[1]The
brief meets the requirements of Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738, 87 S.Ct. 1396, 18 L. Ed. 2d 493, by advancing a contention that
might arguably support the appeal.  See
High v. State, 573 S.W.2d 807 (Tex. Crim. App.
1978); Currie v. State, 516 S.W.2d 684 (Tex. Crim.
App. 1974); Jackson v. State, 485 S.W.2d 553 (Tex. Crim.
App. 1972); Gainous v. State, 436
S.W.2d 137 (Tex. Crim. App. 1969).

[2]We
note that the issues raised in counsel=s
brief and in the pro se brief do not fall within the other two
categories of issues mentioned in Rule 25.2(b)(3).  Counsel=s
sole issue and two of the pro se issues relate to the voluntariness of the plea. 
Plea-bargaining defendants may not raise the voluntariness
of the plea on direct appeal.  Woods, 108 S.W.3d at 316 n.6; Cooper v. State, 45
S.W.3d 77, 77 (Tex. Crim. App. 2001).  In her remaining pro se issue, Wilder
argues that the State failed to comply with a pretrial order granting a motion
to allow her trial counsel to view the State=s
file.  The record does not contain a
written motion complaining of the State=s
failure to comply with this order. 
Furthermore, there is nothing in the record to show that the State did
not comply.