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.