Ex Parte Alan Eugene Harrington, Applicant

Summary

The Court held that a petitioner who has discharged his sentence but continues to suffer collateral consequences is "confined" for purposes of Article 11.07 and therefore may obtain post‑conviction habeas relief. The Court also found the petitioner’s guilty plea was involuntary because counsel’s ineffective assistance violated Strickland, and it ordered the felony conviction set aside and remanded for re‑sentencing as a Class A misdemeanor.