Davis v. State

SEARS, Justice.

Appellant was convicted of aggravated sexual abuse of a child pursuant to TEX. PENAL CODE ANN. § 21.05 (Vernon 1974), and was sentenced to twenty years’ confinement. He argues that his conviction should be reversed because his plea of nolo contendere was involuntary. We agree and reverse the judgment.

Appellant pled not guilty and demanded and received a trial by jury. The State presented two witnesses, the victim and her brother. After they testified, Appellant’s attorneys called him to the stand in an attempt to persuade him to plead nolo contendere so that the court would…