Barlow v. State

OPINION

DIES, Chief Justice.

Appellant plead nolo contendere to a charge of rape of a child. The court assessed punishment at ten years’ confinement in the Texas Department of Corrections.

Appellant’s sole ground of error follows:

“The trial court committed fundamental and reversible error by failing to establish during appellant’s plea of nolo contend[e]re that the plea was voluntary and based on an intelligent understanding of the charge under the provisions of Article 26.13, V.A.C.C.P.”

Appellant cites us Boykin v. Alabama, 395 U.S. 238, 242, 89 S.Ct. 1709, 1711, 23 L.Ed.2d 274 (1969);…