Alejandro v. State

OPINION ON STATE’S MOTION FOR REHEARING

CHAVEZ, Justice.

We withdraw our opinion of August 14, 1997 and substitute this opinion in its place. Juan Alejandro, Jr. was placed on deferred adjudication on May 15, 1991. On April 7, 1995 he was adjudicated guilty and the trial court sentenced him to twenty years confinement. In his appeal, appellant asserted that he was entitled to a new trial because he was unable to obtain a statement of facts from the 1991' plea proceedings. Those records had been destroyed by the court reporter. The State argued that appellant’s appeal should be dismissed because…