Legal Opinion

Espinosa v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided April 11, 1973No. 46699PublishedCited by 55 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

MORRISON, Judge.

The offense is sale of heroin; the punishment, ten (10) years.

Appellant’s sole ground of error is that the court failed to properly admonish him of the consequences of pleading guilty in accordance with the terms of Article 26.13, Vernon’s Ann.C.C.P., in that the court “did not adequately determine, if at all, that Appellant’s plea of guilty was prompted by any delusive hope of pardon.”

Appellant first told the court, in answer to questions, that he was changing his plea of not guilty to guilty and that he was pleading guilty because he was guilty. He was then asked and…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Brown v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1972
  2. Kane v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1972
  3. Jackson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1972

3Cited by55 opinions

  1. McClintick v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1974
  2. Mitchell v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1973
  3. Cartwright v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1975
  4. Martinez v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1973
  5. Bosworth v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1974

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