Andrew Joseph Koelzer v. State
Andrew Joseph Koelzer v. State
Opinion
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.
PER CURIAM
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