In re Burden
Court of Appeals of Texas
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
Opinion by
Justice CARTER.
Kim Wayne Burden has filed a petition for writ of mandamus in which he asks this Court to order the Honorable William Porter, 276th Judicial District Judge of Camp County, Texas, to order the negotiated plea agreement entered before that court to be honored by the State. Burden states he pled guilty to robbery, without a deadly weapon finding, and it appears the judgment reflected that agreement. Burden argues, however, he has now been informed by a social worker at the Texas Department of Criminal Justice Institutional Division that, because his files implied…
2Cases cited4 opinions
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