Legal Opinion

Rodriquez v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided May 8, 1974No. 48409PublishedCited by 22 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

JACKSON, Commissioner.

On a plea of guilty before the court to possession of heroin, a narcotic drug, appellant was assessed six (6) years.

No attack is made upon the sufficiency of the evidence, which included a judicial confession and the testimony of appellant that he possessed heroin as alleged.

The primary contention of appellant is that he should have been allowed to withdraw his plea of guilty, as prayed for by him, because he says the plea of guilty was involuntary in that his attorney and the assistant district attorney had a prior agreement that if he plead guilty the prosecutor…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Santobello v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
  2. Frison v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1971
  3. Kincaid v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1973
  4. Broadway v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1967
  5. Rodriguez v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1969

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3Cited by22 opinions

  1. Ex Parte GriffinCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1984
  2. Bass v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1979
  3. King v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1974
  4. Davis v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)1992
  5. Hargrave v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)1999

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