Russell v. State

I would quash the writ as being improvidently granted, and thus agree with the decision of the Court of Criminal Appeals.

Reading the defendant's answers to the trial judge's questions leads me to conclude that the defendant did not knowingly enter a guilty plea. It appears to me that he was so confused he didn't understand the guilty plea.

ON APPLICATION FOR REHEARING

We are urged in the application for rehearing to reconsider "whether the record of a guilty plea hearing must reflect that defendant admits having committed each element of the offense to which he is pleading guilty." The…