Shankle v. State

PATTERSON, Justice.

Appellant Bruce Wayne Shankle pleaded guilty to aggravated sexual assault. The district court adjudged him guilty and assessed punishment at imprisonment for forty years. See Tex. Pen.Code Ann. § 22.021 (West Supp.2001). Appellant contends the court reversibly erred by failing to admonish him before accepting his plea that he would be required to register as a sex offender. We must first decide, however, if appellant’s general notice of appeal was adequate to confer jurisdiction on this Court.

Jurisdiction

There was a plea bargain agreement in this case. In exchange for…