DocketNumber: 03-01-00368-CR
Filed Date: 4/25/2002
Status: Precedential
Modified Date: 4/17/2021
In its reply brief, the State draws the Court's attention to a written waiver of appeal signed by appellant, his attorney, and the trial judge that appears in the clerk's record. This document, which reflects a knowing and voluntary waiver of the right to appeal, was signed on the day sentence was suspended in open court. A defendant who knowingly and intelligently waives his right to appeal may not thereafter appeal without the trial court's consent. 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.
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Lee Yeakel, Justice
Before Chief Justice Aboussie, Justices B. A. Smith and Yeakel
Dismissed
Filed: April 25, 2002
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