Ex Parte Richardson

in which MEYERS, WOMACK, KEASLER, HERVEY, HOLCOMB, and COCHRAN, JJ„ joined.

Applicant asks us to overturn his probation revocation because the judge who presided over the revocation proceeding was the prosecutor in the original prosecution. The question is whether he may obtain relief on this claim by way of postconviction habeas corpus — even though applicant had this information before pleading true and he chose not to complain. We hold that he may not.

Applicant was originally sentenced to confinement for eight years, but imposition of sentence was suspended and he was placed on probation.…