Allen v. State

I respectfully dissent from the majority’s holding that when an appellant appeals under a general notice of appeal after adjudication of deferred adjudication community supervision, we must dismiss for want of jurisdiction pursuant to rule 25.2(b)(3) of the Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure unless the appellant shows this court, before receiving the record and be*416fore briefing, that he mil raise issues related exclusively to punishment.

There are two kinds of community supervision. “Regular” community supervision means placing a defendant under a continuum of programs and sanctions for a…