Johnson v. State

84 S.W.3d 658 (2002)

Ronald JOHNSON & Annie Washington, Appellants,

v.

The STATE of Texas.

Nos. 0956-01, 0957-01.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, En Banc.

September 11, 2002.

George Jacobs, Houston, for Appellant.

Betty Marshall, Asst. State Atty., Austin, Matthew Paul, State's Atty., Austin, for State.

Before the court en banc.

OPINION

HERVEY, J., delivered the opinion of the Court in which KELLER, P.J., MEYERS, WOMACK, KEASLER, JJ., joined.

In this case we reaffirm the rule that a defendant's "general" notice of appeal from a plea-bargained conviction does not invoke the jurisdiction of the Court…