Legal Opinion
Rexford v. State
Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)
Decided October 3, 1991No. 01-89-01175-CRPublishedCited by 45 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
DUNN, Justice.
After a plea of guilty, appellant, Thomas Steele Rexford, was convicted of sexual assault and sentenced to 12 years confinement.
In his first point of error, appellant contends that the evidence was insufficient to support his conviction because the State failed to introduce any evidence in support of appellant’s plea of guilty.
A conviction cannot be based on a plea of guilty unless “the [Sjtate ... introduce[s] evidence into the record showing the guilt of the defendant and said evidence shall be accepted by the court as the basis for its judgment.” Tex.Code CRiM. P.Ann.…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Townsend v. BurkeSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
- Green v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1984
- Green v. MissouriSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Grunsfeld v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)1991
- Killion v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1973
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3Cited by45 opinions
- Pitts v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1996
- Mercedez Leshion Jones v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)2012
- Pennywell v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)2002
- Rexford v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1991
- Palacios v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)1997
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