Pitts v. State

OPINION ON STATE’S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW

MEYERS, Judge.

Appellant pled guilty before the trial court to possession of a controlled substance, and his punishment was assessed at confinement for thirty-five years. The Court of Appeals reversed the conviction, holding there was no evidence in the record to support Appellant’s plea of guilty as required by Article 1.15, V.A.C.C.P. 1 Pitts v. State, 896 S.W.2d 802 (Tex.App.—Dallas 1994). We granted the State’s petition to address the correctness of that holding.

During the plea proceedings, counsel for Appellant announced that Appellant…