Gaston v. State

OPINION

MICHAEL J. O’NEILL, Justice.

Monty Glen Gaston appeals the revocation of his community supervision, which is based on a plea-bargained conviction. He asserts that (1) the revocation order is void because the underlying judgment of conviction is void; (2) he received ineffective assistance of counsel at the revocation phase; (3) he is entitled to a new trial because the record of the original plea hearing is unavailable; and (4) the order cumulating the sentence for this offense with a separate offense is defective, rendering the consecutive sentences void. For reasons that follow, we…