Court Opinion

ID: 9777488
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-29 20:13:05.368812+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:32:55.038216
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*129MEYERS, Judge,
concurring.
I agree that our opinion in Price v. State, 866 S.W.2d 606 (Tex.Crim.App.1993) influences the disposition of the instant cause. There is simply no significant difference between misdemeanors and felonies which would suggest that the provisions of article 42.12, section 5(a) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, should affect the voluntariness of guilty pleas in felony cases differently than in misdemeanor cases. That does not mean, however, that trial judges may dispense altogether with the requirement of section 5(a) that defendants be informed of the consequences which may follow if they violate the conditions of their community supervision. Consequently, the majority’s statement that failure to impart this information to appellant in the instant cause was not an error is a little too broad for my taste. Nevertheless, as I understand our opinion, we simply mean to hold that the judge’s failure to provide such information before accepting the defendant’s plea does not compromise the validity of the plea proceedings or render the plea itself involuntary. With this understanding, I join the opinion of the Court.
MALONEY, J„ joins.