Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

In the context of community supervision revocation proceedings, the law does not give a probationer the right to withdraw a plea after sentencing, and because appellant had no right to withdraw his plea, an ineffective assistance claim fails where his attorney was under no obligation to make a request to withdraw the plea.

Appellate Information

• Decided 06/18/2003
• Published 06/18/2003

Judges

• WOMACK, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which KELLER, P.J., and PRICE, JOHNSON, KEASLER, HERVEY, HOLCOMB, and COCHRAN, JJ., joined., Before the court en banc.

Court

• Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Leslie Werner De Soliz, Victoria, for Appellant., Douglas K. Norman, Asst. DA, Corpus Christi, Matthew Paul, State's Atty., Austin, for State.