Aldrich v. State

OPINION ON REHEARING

SUE WALKER, Justice.

Following the issuance of our original opinion, appellant Allen John Aldrich filed a motion for rehearing requesting that we reinstate the State’s original plea bargain offer. We deny Aldrich’s motion for rehearing, but we withdraw our opinion and judgment issued November 26, 2008 and substitute the following in their place to explain and clarify why reinstatement the State’s plea bargain offer is not proper.

I. Introduction

The primary issue we address in this appeal is whether appellant Allen John Aldrich was denied his constitutional right to effective…