Emilio Vasquez v. State

OPINION

Opinion by

Chief Justice VALDEZ.

Appellant pleaded guilty to the offense of first degree murder. The trial court sentenced appellant to twenty-five years imprisonment in the Institutional Division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. We affirm.

As an initial matter, we must examine whether this Court has jurisdiction over the appeal. The State argues that we should dismiss the appeal for want of jurisdiction on grounds that appellant filed a general notice of appeal rather than a specific notice of appeal under rule of appellate procedure 25.2(b)(3). See Tex.R.App. P. 25.2(b)(3).

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