Manuel v. State

OPINION

which McCORMICK, P.J., and KELLER, PRICE, HOLLAND, WOMACK, and KEASLER, JJ., joined.

This case presents the following question: If a defendant pleads guilty to a felony offense, is placed on deferred adjudication community supervision, and is later adjudicated guilty, may he then, on appeal, complain of error in the original plea proceeding?

The Relevant Facts

On October 2, 1992, a Tarrant County grand jury returned an indictment in the 372nd District Court charging appellant, Clinton Don Manuel, with one count of indecency with a child by contact and one count of aggravated sexual…