Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

The record, in which the trial judge, the district attorney, and defendant's attorney repeatedly made statements agreeing that defendant would be permitted to appeal, directly contradicts and rebuts any presumption raised by the terms of a boiler-plate plea form signed by defendant, and reflects that defendant did not waive appeal.

Appellate Information

• Decided 11/27/2002
• Published 11/27/2002

Judges

• Before the court en banc.

Court

• Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Bob Wicoff, Houston, for Appellant., Stephen C. Taylor, Attorney Pro Tem, Galveston, Matthew Paul, State's Atty., Austin, for State.