Legal Opinion

McCandless v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided April 15, 1936No. 18182Published

The opinion states the case.

1Opinion of the Court

KRUEGER, Judge.

The offense is theft of property over the value of fifty ($50.00) dollars; the punishment is confinement in the state penitentiary for a term of two years.

The record shows that upon the trial of this case the appellant entered a plea of guilty to the charge contained in the indictment after having been admonished by the court of the consequences of such plea; and after the court had fully satisfied himself that appellant was of sound mind, that he was not influenced to make said plea by any consideration of fear nor any persuasion or delusive hope of a pardon prompting him to…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Hawkins v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1925
  2. Koch v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1928

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