Tallant v. State

BILL BASS, Justice.

Max Tallant pleaded guilty to the offense of indecency with a child and was sentenced by the court to 20 years imprisonment. Tal-lant challenges the trial court’s judgment on grounds that he did not knowingly and intelligently enter his guilty plea, and that he did not receive effective assistance of counsel. We will affirm the judgment of the trial court.

At the hearing on his motion for new trial, Tallant testified that, on his retained counsel’s advice, he entered a plea of guilty before the court to four indictments: one charging aggravated sexual assault and three…