Legal Opinion

Woods v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided June 18, 2003No. 2365-01PublishedCited by 212 opinions

1Opinion of the Court 1

OPINION

2Opinion of the Court · KellerKeller, P.J.

in which MEYERS, WOMACK, KEASLER, HERVEY, HOLCOMB, and COCHRAN, JJ, joined.

When a plea-bargain defendant’s notice of appeal complies with the extra-notice requirements of Rule 25.2, 1 can the defendant raise in his appellate brief an issue not encompassed by the extra-notice allegations? The answer is “no.”

1. Background

Appellant was prosecuted for attempted sexual assault after he tried to sexually assault two women at a hospital a day after being released from prison. Defense counsel filed motions for a psychiatric examination for competency and sanity. The trial court granted the…

3Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Anders v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  2. Cooper v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2001
  3. Sherman v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)1999
  4. Betz v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)2001
  5. Flores v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)2001

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4Cited by212 opinions

  1. Waters v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)2003
  2. Stanley Deon Harper v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 2nd District (Fort Worth)2019
  3. Estrada v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)2004
  4. Escochea v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District2004
  5. Chavez v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District2004

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