Fulbright v. State

DAVID L. RICHARDS, J. (Assigned),

dissenting.

Because the record does not contain any of the trial court’s admonishments to appellant concerning the dangers and disadvantages of self-representation — an absolute requirement under established Texas Court of Criminal Appeals precedence — I respectfully dissent.

The majority repeatedly asserts that appellant was “adequately” admonished about these dangers and disadvantages. I disagree. Indulging every inference in support of the State, the record, at most, shows only that appellant told the trial court that he was aware of the dangers and…