Alvaro Contreras Fuentes, Appellant v. the State of Texas, Appellee

Summary

The Court held that the appellant knowingly, intelligently, and voluntarily entered his nolo contendere plea, overruling his first ground of error, and that his judicial confession did not waive his right to appeal the pre‑trial suppression ruling, reversing the Court of Appeals and remanding for review of the search‑seizure claim. Justice Clinton, concurring, disagreed with the majority’s test of plea voluntariness and would have found a plea bargain existed.