Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Defendant's drug conviction is reversed, where a sworn acknowledgment that a defendant is opting to plead "guilty" to the charged offense (without expressly admitting that the charges are "true and correct") is not equivalent to a judicial confession, and thus Defendant's guilty plea was insufficient to sustain a conviction.

Appellate Information

• Decided 07/01/2009
• Published 07/01/2009

Judges

Court

• Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• James W. Huggler, Tyler, for Appellant., Michael J. West, Asst. Criminal District Atty., Tyler, for State.