Court Opinion

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In The

Court of Appeals

Ninth District of Texas at Beaumont

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NO. 09-01-337 CR

NO. 09-01-338 CR

NO. 09-01-339 CR

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JAKE KNIGHT JONES, Appellant

V.

THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee

On Appeal from the Criminal District Court
Jefferson County, Texas

Trial Cause Nos. 75327, 75328 and 75329

MEMORANDUM OPINION
	Jake Knight Jones pleaded guilty in Cause Nos. 75327, 75328, and 75329, to three
separate indictments for the first degree felony offense of engaging in organized criminal
activity.  See Tex. Pen. Code Ann. § 71.02(a)(1) (Vernon Supp. 2002).  Following plea
bargain agreements between Jones and the State, the trial court deferred adjudication of
guilt. In each case, the court placed Jones on community supervision for ten years, but the
court found Jones violated the terms of the community supervision orders in subsequent
hearings on the State's motions to adjudicate guilt.  Jones was sentenced to concurrent
twenty year terms of confinement in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice,
Institutional Division. 
	Appellate counsel filed briefs that conclude no arguable error is presented in these
appeals. See Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738, 87 S. Ct. 1396, 18 L. Ed. 2d 493 (1967);
High v. State, 573 S.W.2d 807 (Tex. Crim. App. 1978).  On May 30, 2002, Jones was
given an extension of time in which to file a pro se brief. We received no response from
the appellant.  Because the appeals involve the application of well-settled principles of law,
we deliver this memorandum opinion.   See Tex. R. App. P. 47.1.
	The notices of appeal filed by Jones failed to invoke our appellate jurisdiction to
review issues relating to his convictions.  White v. State, 61 S.W.3d 424, 428-29 (Tex.
Crim. App. 2001). (1)  Although a general notice of appeal invokes our jurisdiction to
consider issues relating to the process by which Jones was punished, no error relating to
punishment was preserved. Vidaurri v. State, 49 S.W.3d 880, 883, 885 (Tex. Crim. App.
2001). 
 We have reviewed the clerk's records and the reporter's records, and find no
arguable error requiring us to order appointment of new counsel.  Compare Stafford v.
State, 813 S.W.2d 503, 511 (Tex. Crim. App. 1991). The judgments are affirmed.
	AFFIRMED.
								PER CURIAM

Submitted on September 12, 2002
Opinion Delivered September 18, 2002 
Do Not Publish

Before Walker, C.J., Burgess and Gaultney, JJ.
1.   In a plea-bargained, felony case, the notice of appeal must specify that the appeal
is for a jurisdictional defect, specify that the substance of the appeal was raised by written
motion and ruled on before trial, or state the trial court granted permission to appeal.  Tex.
R. App. P. 25.2(b)(3).