Legal Opinion
Ex parte Aguilar
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided September 20, 2017No. WR-82,014-01PublishedCited by 14 opinions
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2Opinion of the Court · KeaslerKeasler, J.
in which Hervey, Alcala, Richardson, Newell, and Walker, JJ., joined.
Cristian Aguilar, a Honduran national with temporary protected status, pleaded guilty to the state-jail felony of attempting to evade arrest in a motor vehicle and was sentenced to six months’ imprisonment. In his application for a writ of habeas corpus, Aguilar alleged that his plea counsel, who gave incorrect advice regarding the immigration consequences of the guilty plea, was ineffective and his plea was involuntary. We hold that Aguilar’s plea was involuntary, and we vacate his plea.
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At the timé of his arrest,…
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