Legal Opinion

Pitts v. State

Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)

Decided March 24, 1995No. 05-93-00357-CRPublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

MALONEY, Justice.

The trial court convicted Charles Williams Pitts of possession of cocaine and assessed a thirty-five year sentence. Appellant complains he did not voluntarily and knowingly enter his guilty plea, and ineffective assistance of counsel rendered the plea involuntary. He also complains that the evidence is insufficient to support his conviction. Because we find the evidence insufficient to support appellant’s guilty plea, we reverse the trial court’s judgment. But because we find appellant freely and knowingly entered his guilty plea, we remand to the trial court for…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Dinnery v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1980
  2. Ex Parte WilliamsCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1986
  3. Ex Parte MartinCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1988
  4. McKenna v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1989
  5. Johnson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1986

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3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Pitts v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1996
  2. Floyd v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 6th District (Texarkana)1996
  3. Melendez v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)1995
  4. Marcus Levinsky Wade v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)1995

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