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Huerta v. State

Court of Appeals of Texas, Seventh District, Amarillo, Panel B
Jan 12, 2011
No. 07-10-0104-CR (Tex. App. Jan. 12, 2011)

Opinion

No. 07-10-0104-CR

January 12, 2011. DO NOT PUBLISH.

Appealed from the 403rd District Court of Travis County; No. D-1-DC-09-301111; Hon. Brenda Kennedy, Presiding.

Before QUINN, C.J., and CAMPBELL and HANCOCK, JJ.


Memorandum Opinion


Appellant, Oscar Huerta, appeals from convictions for aggravated sexual assault of a child, indecency with a child by contact and indecency with a child by exposure. Through a single issue, he contends that his guilty plea was involuntary because the trial court failed to admonish him about the possibility of his deportation and his obligation to register as a sex offender. The State concedes the former constitutes harmful and, therefore, reversible error but disputes the accuracy of the latter issue. Given the State's concession and the evidence of record indicating that appellant was a Mexican national when he pled guilty to the various counts, we reverse the judgment and remand the cause. See VanNortick v. State, 227 S.W.3d 706, 714 (Tex. Crim. App. 2007) (holding reversal appropriate when the record showed that the defendant was not a citizen at the time of his guilty plea). Our disposition of the cause relieves us from having to address appellant's remaining argument.


Summaries of

Huerta v. State

Court of Appeals of Texas, Seventh District, Amarillo, Panel B
Jan 12, 2011
No. 07-10-0104-CR (Tex. App. Jan. 12, 2011)
Case details for

Huerta v. State

Case Details

Full title:OSCAR HUERTA, Appellant v. THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee

Court:Court of Appeals of Texas, Seventh District, Amarillo, Panel B

Date published: Jan 12, 2011

Citations

No. 07-10-0104-CR (Tex. App. Jan. 12, 2011)