VanNortrick v. State

We granted the State’s Petition for Discretionary Review to determine two issues. Does a silent record on citizenship establish harm when the trial court failed to admonish the defendant regarding the deportation consequences of a guilty plea? Should an appellate court examine reasonable inferences of citizenship from other facts in the record when determining harm due to a failure to admonish regarding deportation?

The appellant was indicted on two counts of aggravated sexual assault of a child under the age of fourteen. 1 He pleaded guilty and elected to have a jury assess punishment. 2

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