Niles v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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3 state decisions

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1. “[W]e hold Rule 40(b)(1) requires a defendant, in an appeal from a plea-bargained conviction, to obtain the trial court’s permission to appeal any matter in the case except for those matters raised by written motion and ruled on before trial. A defendant’s “general” notice of appeal confers no jurisdiction on a Court of Appeals to address nonjurisdictional defects or errors that occur before or after entry of the plea; a defendant’s notice of appeal has to comply with the applicable provisions of the “but” clause of Rule 10(b)(1) to confer jurisdiction on a Court of Appeals to address these types of defects or errors. A “general” notice of appeal confers jurisdiction on a Court of Appeals to address only jurisdictional issues.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Williams v. State