EX PARTE Eric Michael HEILMAN, Appellee

OPINION

KELLER, P.J., and HERVEY, RICHARDSON, YEARY, and NEWELL, JJ., joined.

Eric Heilman pleaded guilty to misdemeanor tampering with a governmental record after the relevant two-year statute of limitations had expired. In return for Heilman’s plea, the State agreed not to pursue indictment for state-jail felony tampering with a governmental record. In an application for a writ of habeas corpus, Heilman challenged the trial court’s jurisdiction to accept his plea to the time-barred offense, arguing that his “pure law” limitations defense is a category-one abso*161lute right under Marin v. State.1…