Giles v. State

*719OPINION

JENNINGS, Justice.

Appellant was convicted by a jury of aggravated assault, and assessed punishment at five years in prison. Appellant’s counsel filed a timely motion for new trial and notice of appeal. Forty-six days after the motion for new trial and notice of appeal were filed, appellant signed under oath a document entitled “Defendant’s Waiver of Appeal,” the text of which reads as follows:

Comes now the Defendant Quinton Lamont Giles, defendant in the above styled and numbered cause, following a jury’s verdict of guilty to the charge of aggravated assault and assessment of…