Debro v. State

RUCKER, Justice.

We grant transfer in this case to address the question of whether a plea agreement based on a withheld judgment is a nullity per se and thus void ab initio. We conclude it is not.

Fact and Procedural History

On March 10, 2001, after consuming some amount of alcohol, Sherman C. Debro became involved in a physical altercation with TM., his live-in girlfriend, causing TM. to sustain bodily - injury. Apparently the parties' twelve-year-old daughter attempted to intervene and she too was injured. As a consequence, Deb-ro was arrested and charged with battery as a Class D felony for…