Rodrick Lanier Tillman v. State

Opinion

Rodrick Lanier Tillman v. State

WITHDRAWN

12/31/02

IN THE

TENTH COURT OF APPEALS

No. 10-02-268-CR

No. 10-02-269-CR

     RODRICK LANIER TILLMAN,

                                                                              Appellant

     v.

     THE STATE OF TEXAS,

                                                                              Appellee

From the Criminal District Court

Jefferson County, Texas

Trial Court Nos. 84151 and 84152

MEMORANDUM OPINION

      Rodrick Lanier Tillman pleaded guilty to aggravated robbery in trial court cause no. 84151 (appellate cause no. 10-02-268-CR). Pursuant to a plea agreement, the court deferred an adjudication of guilt and placed Tillman on unadjudicated community supervision for ten years.

      Tillman pleaded guilty to possession of hydrocodone in the amount of four hundred grams or more in trial court cause no. 83786 (appellate cause no. 10-02-269-CR). The parties struck the same plea bargain in this case, and the trial court placed Tillman on unadjudicated community supervision for ten years.

      Six months later, the court adjudicated Tillman’s guilt and sentenced him to twenty years’ imprisonment in both cases. Tillman filed a general notice of appeal in both cases.

      To properly invoke the jurisdiction of this Court over an appeal from a negotiated guilty plea, an appellant must file a notice of appeal which complies with Rule of Appellate Procedure 25.2(b)(3). White v. State, 61 S.W.3d 424, 429 (Tex. Crim. App. 2001); Tex. R. App. P. 25.2(b)(3). This rule applies with equal force to “an appeal, made either before or after an adjudication of guilt, by a defendant placed on deferred adjudication who challenges an issue relating to his conviction.” Woods v. State, 68 S.W.3d 667, 669 (Tex. Crim. App. 2002).

      Tillman’s general notices of appeal do not comply with Rule 25.2(b)(3). Accordingly, we dismiss his appeals for want of jurisdiction.

                                                                         PER CURIAM

Before Chief Justice Davis,

      Justice Vance, and

      Justice Gray

Appeal dismissed for want of jurisdiction

Opinion delivered and filed October 30, 2002

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