Whitson, April Hope

OPINION

in which MEYERS, PRICE, WOMACK, HERVEY, COCHRAN, and ALCALÁ, JJ., joined.

On April 5, 2002, appellant pleaded guilty to the offense of burglary of a habitation. The trial court deferred a finding of guilt and placed her on community supervision for a period of five years, which began that day. The trial court twice extended her term of community supervision and, upon the state’s third motion to adjudicate her guilt, assessed punishment at eight years’ confinement.

On direct appeal, appellant asserted that the trial court lacked jurisdiction to revoke her community supervision because the…