Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

The State of Texas, Appellant v. Patricia Jimenez, Aka Ana Maria Martinez, Appellee

February 17, 19991999 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 11

Summary

The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals held that a misdemeanor defendant does not have a federal constitutional due‑process right nor a Texas constitutional due‑course‑of‑law right to be warned of the immigration consequences of a guilty plea, and therefore reversed the Court of Appeals and vacated the trial court's grant of habeas relief.