and suppressing frivolous litigation — are applicable here as well. See id. Thus, the fact that appellant had complied with the statutory requirements for filing an appeal from the municipal court judgment did not entitle appellant to an appeal after he had voluntarily satisfied the judgment. Appellant also argues that payment of the fine and court costs should not render his appeal moot because there are serious collateral legal consequences from his conviction. Appellant stated that, because of his conviction, there was a possibility that he could be passed over for a promotion with the Texas City Fire Department and that he was embarrassed by his conviction. Embarrassment and the possibility of losing a promotion do not rise to the level of serious collateral consequences. See id. (<HOLDING>). Because appellant voluntarily paid the
holding that harmless error test is satisfied when there is no reasonable possibility that the error contributed to the conviction holding that when the consequences of the conviction are not severe and imminent an appeal is moot when the judgment is voluntarily satisfied holding that jurisdiction to entertain a motion to withdraw a guilty plea pursuant to icr 33c expires when the judgment of conviction becomes final ie when an appeal is concluded or in the absence of an appeal when the time for appeal has expired holding the petitioners challenge of his conviction is not rendered moot by the expiration of the underlying sentence because collateral consequences flowing from the conviction give the petitioner a substantial stake in the judgment of conviction which survives the satisfaction of the sentence imposed on him holding that an appeal waiver is valid when it is entered into knowingly and voluntarily