Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Bertwell Elber Whitten, Iii, Appellant v. the State of Texas, Appellee
June 20, 19791979 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 1526
Summary
The Court of Criminal Appeals held that the trial court must personally admonish a defendant of the statutory range of punishment, and that failure to do so constitutes reversible error. Accordingly, the conviction was reversed and the case remanded for further proceedings.