Opinion
No. 11-02-00257-CR.
January 16, 2003. DO NOT PUBLISH. Tex.R.App.P. 47.2(b).
Appeal from Palo Pinto County.
Panel consists of: ARNOT, C.J., and WRIGHT, J., and McCALL, J.
Opinion
The trial court convicted appellant, upon his plea of guilty, of delivery of cocaine. Pursuant to a plea bargain agreement, the trial court sentenced appellant to confinement for 30 years on July 11, 2002. On July 16, 2002, appellant filed a general notice of appeal. We dismiss the appeal for want of jurisdiction. On appeal, appellant contended that his court-appointed attorney was acting unethically. The appeal was abated, and the trial court was directed to conduct a hearing to determine the appropriateness of the appeal and to hear appellant's claims against counsel. The trial court determined that appellant's claims were without merit, that a guilty plea was entered, that the plea bargain agreement was followed, and that no permission to appeal was given. Appellant's general notice of appeal failed to invoke the jurisdiction of this court under former TEX.R.APP.P. 25.2(b)(3), the rule in effect at the time appellant perfected his appeal. Cooper v. State, 45 S.W.3d 77 (Tex.Cr.App. 2001); State v. Riewe, 13 S.W.3d 408 (Tex.Cr.App. 2000). The recent amendments to the Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure do not effect the jurisdictional requirements in effect in July of 2002. Therefore, appellant has failed to invoke the jurisdiction of this court, and the appeal is dismissed.