Jordan v. State

JOHNSON, J.,

joined by MEYERS, PRICE and HOLLAND, JJ., dissenting.

Appellant was placed on “regular” community supervision following his plea of guilty to theft, and he was placed on deferred adjudication community supervision following his plea of guilty to robbery. Following revocation of community supervision in both cases, he challenged his pleas of guilty as involuntary. The majority today overrules case law permitting such a challenge with regard to “regular” community supervision, and then applies the rationale for that action to the deferred adjudication context. Because its decision is…