Court Opinion

ID: 9765063
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-29 03:49:44.509476+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T12:52:54.103726
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ROBERTS, Judge
(dissenting).
Once again I am forced to disassociate myself from the majority on an issue which is so easily resolvable that it should not be before this appellate court in the first place.
I am constantly amazed at the meaningless verbiage bandied about by trial judges in attempting to accept pleas of guilty. If the applicable statute were unclear or ambiguous, it might be understandable. However, I cannot condone a violation of a statute so clearly stated as Art. 26.13, V. A.C.C.P. I dissent. See the dissenting opinions in Espinosa v. State, 493 S.W.2d 172 (Tex.Cr.App.1973) and Mitchell v. State, 493 S.W.2d 174 (Tex.Cr.App.1973).
ONION, P. J., joins in this dissent.