Session v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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17 state decisions

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1. “[b]ut if the appeal is from a judgment rendered on a defendant’s plea of guilty or nolo contendere under- Code of Criminal Procedure article 1.15, and the punishment assessed did not exceed the punishment recommended by the prosecutor and agreed to by the defendant, the notice must: (A) specify that the appeal is for a jurisdictional defect; (B) specify that the substance of the appeal was raised by written motion and ruled on before trial; or (C)state that the trial court granted permission to appeal.”

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

2. “triggered by and based upon a voluntary plea of guilty or nolo con-tendere with a plea bargain in place .... it is begging the question to say that this rule is applicable to this case because it involves a plea of guilty or nolo contendere and yet, the question whether there was a voluntary plea to that effect is not allowed to be reviewed.”

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