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<CENTER>NO. 03-9<A NAME="1">7</A>-00<A NAME="2">742</A>-CR</CENTER>


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<CENTER><A NAME="3">John Dimeoa Pate</A>, Appellant</CENTER>


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<P><STRONG><CENTER>The State of Texas, Appellee</CENTER>
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<SPAN STYLE="font-size: 11pt"><STRONG><CENTER>FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF <A NAME="4">WILLIAMSON</A> COUNTY, <A NAME="5">26TH</A> JUDICIAL DISTRICT</CENTER>
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<P><SPAN STYLE="font-size: 11pt"><STRONG><CENTER>NO. <A NAME="6">97-174-K26</A>, HONORABLE <A NAME="7">BILLY RAY STUBBLEFIELD</A>, JUDGE PRESIDING</STRONG></SPAN><STRONG></CENTER>
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PER CURIAM

<P>This is an appeal from a conviction for felony driving while intoxicated.  This Court is
without jurisdiction for two reasons.  First, the notice of appeal was untimely, having been filed over three
months after sentence was imposed in open court.  <EM>See</EM> Tex. R. App. P. 41(b)(1) (then applicable). 
Second, the clerk's record contains a written waiver of appeal signed by appellant, his attorney, and the
trial judge.  This document, which reflects a knowing and voluntary waiver of the right to appeal, was
signed on the day sentence was imposed open court.  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>see also 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).</P>

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<P>The appeal is dismissed.</P>

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<P>Before Chief Justice Carroll, Justices Jones and Kidd</P>

<P>Dismissed for Want of Jurisdiction</P>

<P>Filed:   December 4, 1997</P>

<P>Do Not Publish</P>

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