Cantu v. State

I am pleased with the decision of the Court in this case insofar as it holds that a trial court’s failure to advise a defendant correctly about the maximum and minimum punishment a defendant can receive is not a jurisdictional defect, because the law was very confusing on this point. I am greatly disturbed about the holding that a defendant, represented by1 counsel, who pleads guilty and is sentenced within the range allowed by law, and who does not object to the stated range of punishment or ask the trial court to allow a withdrawal of the plea of guilty, or does not appeal from the judgment…