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<CENTER>NO. 03-9<A NAME="1">9</A>-00<A NAME="2">722</A>-CR</CENTER>


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<CENTER><A NAME="3">Christopher Lee Mojica</A>, Appellant</CENTER>


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<P><SPAN STYLE="font-family: CG Times Regular"><STRONG><CENTER>The State of Texas, Appellee</CENTER>
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<SPAN STYLE="font-family: CG Times Regular" STYLE="font-size: 11pt"><STRONG><CENTER>FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF <A NAME="4">BELL</A> COUNTY, <A NAME="5">27TH</A> JUDICIAL DISTRICT</CENTER>
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<P><SPAN STYLE="font-family: CG Times Regular" STYLE="font-size: 11pt"><STRONG><CENTER>NO. <A NAME="6">49,852</A>, HONORABLE <A NAME="7">MARTHA J. TRUDO</A>, JUDGE PRESIDING</STRONG></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: CG Times Regular"><STRONG></CENTER>
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PER CURIAM

<P><SPAN STYLE="font-family: CG Times Regular">Appellant Christopher Lee Mojica pleaded guilty and judicially confessed to the
unauthorized use of a vehicle.  <EM>See</EM> Tex. Penal Code Ann. § 31.07 (West 1994).  The district court
adjudged him guilty and sentenced him to incarceration in a state jail for two years.</SPAN></P>

<P><SPAN STYLE="font-family: CG Times Regular">Appellant's court-appointed attorney filed a brief concluding that the appeal is
frivolous and without merit.  <EM>See Anders v. California</EM>, 386 U.S. 738 (1967); <EM>also see</EM> <EM>Penson v.
Ohio</EM>, 488 U.S. 75 (1988); <EM>High v. State</EM>, 573 S.W.2d 807 (Tex. Crim. App. 1978); <EM>Currie v.
State</EM>, 516 S.W.2d 684 (Tex. Crim. App. 1974); <EM>Jackson v. State</EM>, 485 S.W.2d 553 (Tex. Crim.
App. 1972); <EM>Gainous v. State</EM>, 436 S.W.2d 137 (Tex. Crim. App. 1969).  There is a more
fundamental problem with this appeal, however.  The clerk's record contains a written waiver of
appeal signed by appellant and his attorney.  This document, which reflects a knowing and
voluntary waiver of the right to appeal, was signed after sentence was imposed in open court.  </SPAN></P>

<P><SPAN STYLE="font-family: CG Times Regular">A defendant who knowingly and intelligently waives his right to appeal may not
thereafter appeal without the consent of the trial court.  <EM>Ex parte Dickey</EM>, 543 S.W.2d 99 (Tex.
Crim. App. 1976); <EM>also see Hurd v. State</EM>, 548 S.W.2d 388 (Tex. Crim. App. 1977); <EM>Reed v.
State</EM>, 516 S.W.2d 680 (Tex. Crim. App. 1974).  There is nothing in the record to indicate that
appellant sought or obtained the permission of the trial court to pursue this appeal.</SPAN></P>

<P><SPAN STYLE="font-family: CG Times Regular">The appeal is dismissed.</SPAN></P>

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<P><SPAN STYLE="font-family: CG Times Regular">Before Justices Jones, Kidd and Patterson</SPAN></P>

<P><SPAN STYLE="font-family: CG Times Regular">Filed:   November 4, 1999</SPAN></P>

<P><SPAN STYLE="font-family: CG Times Regular">Dismissed for Want of Jurisdiction</SPAN></P>

<P><SPAN STYLE="font-family: CG Times Regular">Do Not Publish</SPAN></P>

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