Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Ex Parte Karol Ray McATEE

May 28, 19801980 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 1227

Summary

The Court granted the petitioner's habeas corpus petition, holding that a trial court's total failure to admonish a defendant of the range of punishment under Art. 26.13(a)(1) is reversible error that does not require a showing of harm, and therefore set aside the life sentence.