Costilla v. State

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• holding that Article 27.13 does not require an oral guilty plea and that a complaint arguing a deviation from Article 27.13 should be evaluated factually
• concluding that plea made on behalf of WestlawNext* © 2015 Thomson Reuters. No claim to original U.S. Government Works. Reese v. State, Not Reported in S.W.3d (2015
• concluding that plea made on behalf of defendant by his attorney satisfied article 27.13
• holding appellant failed to meet burden of showing he entered guilty plea without understanding consequences thereof when, among other things, letter he wrote to trial court did not mention plea hearing
• Although “the better practice is to'inquire of the defendant personally what his plea is,” the statute does not require an oral plea.
• plea entered in open court in presence of bilingual attorney on behalf of a non-English speaking defendant

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