WOMACK, J. delivered the opinion of the Court, in which, KELLER, P.J., and KEASLER, HERVEY, and HOLCOMB, JJ., joined.
This case presents the question of whether a plea-bargaining defendant may appeal the voluntariness of the plea. We hold that such an appeal was forbidden by an act of the legislature in 1977, and that our rules do not, and may not, allow such an appeal.
On July 16, 1998, the appellant waived in writing his right to trial by jury and pleaded...
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