Crawford v. State

OPINION

The court convicted appellant of aggravated assault upon his plea of guilty and assessed punishment at ten years confinement. Appellant raises one point of error, contending that he was denied due process because his guilty plea was involuntary. We affirm.

I. JURISDICTION OYER THE APPEAL

The State urges that we do not have jurisdiction to consider the present appeal because appellant filed only a general notice of appeal. We disagree.

The State relies on the following recent holding of the court of criminal appeals:

Rule 40(b)(1) requires a defendant, in an appeal from a plea-bargained…