Gonzalez v. State

BOEHM, Justice.

We hold that a defendant's statements made to a victim or to the court in an effort to gain acceptance of a plea agreement by the court are statements in connection with a plea agreement and therefore are not admissible in evidence pursuant to Evidence Rule 410. In this case the defendant's letter of apology to a victim was admitted at his trial after a plea agreement was rejected. This was error but under the facts of this case the error was harmless.

Facts and Procedural History

A truck driven by Gabino Gonzalez failed to yield at an intersection and struck a school bus…