White v. State

OPINION DISSENTING TO REFUSAL TO GRANT PETITION

KELLER, P.J.,

filed a dissenting opinion

in which KEASLER, and HERVEY, JJ„ joined.

In this plea-bargain case, the Court of Appeals held in a published opinion that appellant preserved the right to appeal despite his written waiver of appeal 1 and despite the trial court’s notation on the judgment and the notice of appeal that appellant waived the right to appeal. 2 I dissent to the Court’s refusal to grant review of this far-reaching holding by the Court of Appeals.

Appellant signed a document waiving certain rights, including the right to appeal. He…