Court Opinion

ID: 9668276
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-24 02:08:20.590614+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:15:44.302124
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OPINION
TIM TAFT, Justice.
Appellant, Earl Holiday, was charged by information with possession of cocaine. Appellant pled guilty and, pursuant to a plea agreement, the trial court assessed four-years deferred adjudication and a $500 fine. Several years later, appellant was adjudicated guilty for violating the terms of his deferred adjudication. Appellant was given 10-years community supervision. Appellant’s community supervision was then revoked, for violation of its terms, and appellant was sentenced to 10 years in prison. We address whether a defendant who receives deferred adjudication, is subsequently adjudicated guilty and given community supervision, may, after his community supervision is revoked, appeal matters stemming from his original adjudication of guilt. We dismiss the appeal for lack of jurisdiction.
Failure to Admonish
In his sole point of error, appellant argues that his plea of guilty in the original possession case was involuntary. Appellant contends that the trial court did not admonish him that one of the consequences of violating his deferred adjudication was that he could not appeal the trial court’s determination to adjudicate his guilt. In his brief, appellant recognizes that to obtain reversal, he must demonstrate that he was harmed by the trial court’s failure to properly admonish him. Appellant admits, in his brief, that he cannot establish the required harm. Therefore, he asks this Court to abate this case and remand it back to the trial court for an eviden-tiary hearing during which appellant would attempt to establish that he was harmed.
Jurisdiction
Although not raised by the parties, we notice a jurisdictional bar to reviewing appellant’s point of error. It is well settled that a defendant whose community supervision is revoked may only appeal from the revocation. Tex.Crim. P.Code Ann. art. 42.12, § 23(b) (Vernon Supp.1998); Corley v. State, 782 S.W.2d 859, 860 (Tex.Crim.App.1989); Sanders v. State, 657 S.W.2d 817, 819 (Tex.App.—Houston [1st Dist.] 1983, no pet.). The underlying adjudication may only be appealed at the time probation was given. Id, Appellant did not appeal his adjudication of guilt when he was adjudicated guilty and given community supervision. Therefore, we have no jurisdiction to consider appellant’s sole point of error attacking the underlying adjudication.
Conclusion
We dismiss this appeal for lack of jurisdiction.