Rivera v. State

OPINION

HUDSON, Justice.

Appellant, Martin Ruiz Rivera, entered a plea of guilty to the first degree felony offense of delivery of a controlled substance. The trial court assessed his punishment at confinement in the Institutional Division of the Texas Department of Corrections for a term of twelve years. In four points of error, Rivera complains: (1) the trial court failed to admonish him through an interpreter; (2) he was denied the effective assistance of counsel; (3) the trial court did not provide him with a meaningful hearing on his motion for new trial; and (4) there was no valid order…