Legal Opinion
Dears v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided January 26, 2005No. PD-1963-03PublishedCited by 2,728 opinions
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2Opinion of the Court · KeaslerKeasler, J.
in which MEYERS, PRICE, WOMACK, HERVEY, HOLCOMB, and COCHRAN, JJ., joined.
Barbara Ann Dears entered open pleas of guilty but later bargained for a five-year sentence in exchange for her pleas of true to the State’s revocation motions. The trial judge certified that she had no right to appeal since there were plea bargains and the Court of Appeals dismissed the appeals. We conclude that these certifications are defective and these cases do not fall within the rule prohibiting appeal in plea bargains.
Procedural History
Dears was initially indicted for a theft occurring in March 1999. She…
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