Johnnie Lee Raley v. State of Texas

OPINION

EVELYN V. KEYES, Justice.

In 1981, appellant, Johnnie Lee Raley, pleaded guilty to the state-jail felony offense of burglary of a building not then open to the public and received three years’ community supervision. 1 Appellant successfully complied with the terms of his community supervision, and the trial court discharged him from community supervision in 1984. In 2013, appellant requested that the trial court exercise its “judicial clemency” powers pursuant to Code of Criminal Procedure article 42.12, section 20(a), permit him to withdraw his guilty plea, and dismiss the indictment…