Jiminez v. State

OPINION

WARREN, Justice.

The appellant waived a jury, and pleaded guilty to the offense of aggravated kidnapping. The trial court found him guilty and assessed punishment at 20 years imprisonment.

In his only point of error, the appellant complains that he was denied an evidentia-ry hearing on his motion for new trial, in which he alleged that he was deprived of the effective assistance of counsel in entering his plea.

At the hearing on the motion, the appellant acknowledged that his complaint could be made by a post-conviction writ of habeas corpus, but he suggested to the trial court that his…