Michael Aaron Jobson v. the State of Texas

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• emphasizing the judge’s obligation under Rule 11 to develop on the record a factual basis for the plea
• recognizing the case-by-case nature of a plea colloquy
• “the need to have some factual basis will continue to be a rule subject to no exceptions.”
• more meticulously Rule 11 is adhered to, the more it discourages frivolous attacks on constitutionality of pleas
• “[A] dialogue between the court and the person making the plea is the best method for establishing the factual basis of a plea as well as its voluntari- ness.”
• “[I]t is axiomatic that the required dialogue will vary from case to case.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).