Andrew Joseph Koelzer v. State

• Court: Court of Appeals of Texas
• Decided: July 24, 2002
• Docket: 04-01-00740-CR
• Status: Published

Opinion

Nos. 04-01-00740-CR & 04-01-00741-CR Andrew Joseph KOELZER, Appellant v. STATE of Texas, Appellee From the 186th District Court, Bexar County, Texas Trial Court Nos. 2000-CR-4403 & 2000-CR-4404 Honorable Sam Katz, Judge Presiding

PER CURIAM

Sitting: Phil Hardberger, Chief Justice

Alma L. López , Justice

Paul Green, Justice

Delivered and Filed: July 24, 2002

DISMISSED FOR LACK OF JURISDICTION

Andrew Joseph Koelzer pled no contest to the offense of murder and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and was sentenced in accordance with the terms of his plea-bargain agreement. Koelzer filed a general notice of appeal. However, a general notice of appeal is insufficient to invoke the jurisdiction of this court. See White v. State, 61 S.W.3d 424, 429 (Tex. Crim. App. 2001). To invoke the court's jurisdiction over this appeal, Rule 25.2(b)(3) requires that the notice of appeal specify that the appeal is from a jurisdictional defect, specify that the substance of the appeal was raised by written motion and ruled on before trial, or state that the trial court granted permission to appeal. See Tex. R. App. P. 25.2(b)(3). Because Koelzer's notice of appeal does not meet any of the requirements of Rule 25.2(b)(3), our jurisdiction has not been properly invoked. See White, 61 S.W.3d at 429. We therefore dismiss this appeal for lack of jurisdiction.

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