Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

David John Bessey, Appellant v. the State of Texas

November 14, 20072007 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 1630

Summary

The Court held that an appellant may raise a failure to properly admonish a guilty plea under Article 26.13 for the first time on appeal, but that such error is subject to a harmless‑error analysis, which the Court found was satisfied; therefore the judgment of the Court of Appeals is affirmed. Justice Johnson, dissenting, would have remanded for a harm analysis.