High v. State

Appellant pled guilty to aggravated robbery and was sentenced to 60 years confine*639ment. The trial court wholly failed to admonish appellant regarding the range of punishment pursuant to Tex.Code Crim. Proc. Ann. art. 26.13(a)(1). The Court of Appeals reversed, relying upon Ex parte McAtee, 599 S.W.2d 335 (Tex.Cr.App.1980). High v. State, 962 S.W.2d 53 (Tex.App.— Houston [First Dist.] 1997). The majority now vacates that judgment and remands for a harm analysis to be conducted pursuant to Tex.R.App. P. 44.2.

Tex.Code Crim. Proc. Ann. art. 26.13 is unique in that it prescribes its own harm…