Daniels v. State

We gather together today to once again look at that wondrous and mystifying creature called, among the bench and bar of this State, “deferred adjudication.” To appreciate this comment, attention is directed to *772the following decisions of this Court. McDougal v. State, 610 S.W.2d 509 (1981); Hardy v. State, 610 S.W.2d 511 (1981); Wright v. State, 592 S.W.2d 604 (1980); Laday v. State, 594 S.W.2d 100 (1980); Shields v. State, 608 S.W.2d 924 (1980); McNew v. State, 608 S.W.2d 166 (1980); and Williams v. State, 592 S.W.2d 931 (1979).

By the above cases, all of which involve “deferred adjudication,”…