Opinion

West v. State

  • 661 S.W.2d 305
Court
Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)
Filed
Apr 25, 1984
Status
Published
Author
Warren
On the bench
Levy, Warren, Doyle
Cited by
6 cases
Authority
More cited than 8.3%

Distinguished

  • Distinguished by Sanchez v. State, 1984 Tex. App. LEXIS 5680 (1984)

    ” We believe both Ramirez and West are clearly distinguishable from the instant case.
    Court of Appeals of TexasJun 8, 1984Read it

The opinion

WARREN, Justice,

concurring.

I reluctantly concur. The trial judge could have deferred adjudication of guilt under art. 42.12, sec. 3d(a), before he found appellant guilty. Under the circumstances however, the appellant’s expectation of such a determination was so unreasonable as to render it nonexistent. But for the serious discussions of probation during the proceedings, which reinforced rather than dispelled appellant’s expectation, I would affirm.

I am reluctant to add additional admonishments to the trial judge’s already long list. However, where a defendant is statutorily ineligible for probation and his counsel argues for, or presents evidence in support thereof, the law should require the trial judge to make appropriate admonishments. See Ramirez v. State, 655 S.W.2d 319 (Tex.App.—Corpus Christi 1983, no pet. history).

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