Saunders v. State

Citations

• 10 Tex. Ct. App. 336

Syllabus

<p>1. Plea of Guilty to an indictment for felony must be made in open court and by the defendant in person. It may be made orally, but must be entered of record.</p> <p>3. Same—Practice.—To the validity or acceptance of such a plea in a felony case the Code of Procedure prescribes three indispensable preliminaries, viz., 1, that the defendant be admonished by the trial court of the consequences of the plea; 3, that it plainly appears that he is sane; and 3, that he plainly appears uninfluenced by any consideration of fear, or by persuasion, or delusive hope of pardon. These prerequisites must be made manifest of record, and cannot be supplied by inference, intendment, or presumption.</p>