Case Name: Audrey Mae HARRIS, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1973-07-03
Citations: 500 S.W.2d 126
Docket Number: No. 46654
Parties: Audrey Mae HARRIS, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.
Judges: ROBERTS, J., joins in this concurrence.
Reporter: South Western Reporter Second Series
Volume: 500
Pages: 126–127

Head Matter:
Audrey Mae HARRIS, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.
No. 46654.
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.
July 3, 1973.
Goodwin & Matheny, Beaumont, for appellant.
Tom Hanna, Dist. Atty., John R. De-Witt, Asst. Dist. Atty., Beaumont, Jim D. Vollers, State’s Atty. and Robert A. Hut-tash, Asst. State’s Atty., Austin, for the State.

Opinion:
OPINION
MORRISON, Judge.
The offense is possession of heroin; the punishment, upon a plea of guilty before a jury, eighteen (18) years.
Appellant's first ground of error is that she was not properly admonished before the court accepted her plea of guilty.
At the outset, appellant plead not guilty. During the course of the trial she changed her plea to that of guilty.
In the absence of the jury the court admonished appellant as to the range of punishment. He inquired whether her plea was "voluntary" and whether she had adequately discussed her case with her attorney. However, there is an entire absence of any admonishment concerning force or fear, or promise or persuasion. Inquiry concerning these considerations is requisite for minimum compliance with Article 26.13, Vernon's Ann.C.C.P. See Heathcock v. State, Tex.Cr.App., 494 S.W.2d 570, Martinez v. State, Tex.Cr.App., 494 S.W. 2d 545. Cf. Espinosa v. State, Tex.Cr.App., 493 S.W.2d 172, and Mitchell v. State, Tex.Cr.App., 493 S.W.2d 174.
For the error stated, the judgment is reversed and the cause remanded.