Joyner v. State

On direct appeal, appellant contended his plea was involuntary because the trial judge failed to give the Tex.Code Crim.Proc.Ann. art. 42.12, § 5(a) admonishment which requires the defendant be informed “orally or in writing of the possible consequences under Subsection (b) of this section of a violation of community supervision.” The Court of Appeals, relying on Price v. State, 866 S.W.2d 606 (Tex.Cr.App.1993), rejected appellant’s argument. The Court held the failure of the trial judge to admonish appellant of the consequences of violating his deferred adjudication probation did not…