Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 7/16/1980

Thornton v. State

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601 S.W.2d 340
1980 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 1295

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guilty pleading accused may not collaterally attack sufficiency of evidence to support conviction, but may challenge on direct appeal, id., at 678
“admissions of the appellant in his judicial confession will not support a conviction based upon the [different] offense charged in the indictment”
“in Texas, evidence is received to support the judgment, not to accept the plea”
―‗[I]t is settled that regardless of the depth of one's desire to enter a plea of guilty an accused does not have a constitutional right to have it accepted by the trial court.‘‖
“‘[I]t is settled that regardless of the depth of one's desire to enter a plea of guilty an accused does not have a constitutional right to have it accepted by the trial court.’”
addressing article 26.14 and its predecessors

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