Ramirez v. State

OPINION

in which MEYERS, PRICE, KEASLER, HERYEY, HOLCOMB, and COCHRAN, JJ., joined.

Appellant pled guilty to aggravated sexual assault. He told the trial court that he was born in 1978, which would have made him an adult when he committed the offense. Appellant filed a pro se, general notice of appeal, which included as an attachment a Spanish-language document. Trial counsel filed a motion to withdraw. The Court of Appeals granted the motion, abated the appeal, and remanded the case for a hearing to determine whether appellant was indigent and entitled to appointed counsel.

At the hearing, a…