OPINION
JENNINGS, Justice.
Appellant was convicted by a jury of aggravated assault, and assessed punishment at five years in prison. Appellant's counsel filed a timely motion for new trial and notice of appeal. Forty-six days after the motion for new trial and notice of appeal were filed, appellant signed under oath a document entitled "Defendant's Waiver of Appeal," the text of which reads as follows:
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