Court Opinion

ID: 5067919
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2021-10-01 10:15:00.486232+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T14:17:41.910598
License: Public Domain

Appellant, Herbert Raymond Rogers, pled guilty, after receiving the court's specific assurances that he could appeal the *Page 251 
court's adverse rulings made at a hearing before the trial on appellant's written pre-trial motions, to the offense of aggravated robbery with a deadly weapon. See
TEX.PENAL CODE ANN. sec. 29.03 (Vernon 1974). Appellant's plea was given without the benefit of a plea bargain.
When a defendant voluntarily and understandingly pleads guilty without the benefit of a plea bargain he waives his right to appellate review of any nonjurisdictional defects including claimed deprivations of federal due process. SeeHelms v. State, 484 S.W.2d 925, 927 (Tex.Crim.App. 1972); TEX.CODE CRIM.PROC.ANN. art. 44.03 (Vernon 1979). However, where the plea is premised on the court's erroneous assurances that such defects may be appealed, the plea is considered involuntary and the cause must be reversed and remanded.See Broddus v. State, 693 S.W.2d 459, 461 (Tex.Crim.App. 1985); Harrelson v. State, 692 S.W.2d 659, 661 (Tex.Crim.App. 1985); Christal v. State,692 S.W.2d 656, 658 (Tex.Crim.App. 1981).
In light of the fact that the State's supplemental brief admits appellant's argument is supported by these authorities, we find that appellant's plea was involuntary and we reverse and remand to the trial court for a new trial.
Judgment reversed and remanded.