State v. Dunbar

The court of appeals held that the State was not barred from complaining for the first time on appeal that the trial court lacked jurisdiction to place appellee Wendy R. Dunbar on shock community supervision. We affirm.

On August 7,1996, a Montgomery County grand jury returned an indictment charging Dunbar with the felony offense of indecency with a child. See Tex. Pen.Code § 21.11. On June 6, 1997, Dunbar pled nolo contendere to the charge. On that same date, the trial court deferred adjudication of Dunbar’s guilt and placed her on community supervision for a period of ten years.

On April 18,…