Legal Opinion
State v. Jimenez
Texas Court of Appeals, 8th District (El Paso)
Decided November 13, 1997No. 08-97-00100-CRPublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
CHEW, Justice.
The trial court granted Patricia Jimenez, also known as Ana Maria Martinez, a post-conviction writ of habeas corpus and allowed her to withdraw her guilty plea and set aside and dismissed her conviction. We affirm the trial court’s order.
On September 23,1994, Jimenez, using the name Ana Maria Martinez, pleaded guilty to misdemeanor shoplifting theft and was placed on one year’s probation. In February 1997, she sought a post-conviction writ of habeas corpus alleging that when she pleaded guilty, she did not know her plea would affect her immigration status. At the writ…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Disheroon v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1985
- Maddox v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1979
- Ex Parte Pipkin, Texas Court of Appeals, 7th District (Amarillo)1996
- Ex Parte Zavala, Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District1995
- Meraz v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 8th District (El Paso)1997
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3Cited by2 opinions
- State v. JimenezCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1999
- In re E.J.G.P.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1999