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FIELDER v. STATE

No. 2-90-228-CR.

834 S.W.2d 509 (1992)

Pamela McGoldrick FIELDER, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, State.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Fort Worth.

Discretionary Review Refused October 14, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Law Office of Richard Haynes, and Richard Haynes, R. Trent Gaither, Houston, for appellant.

Tim Curry, Criminal Dist. Atty., C. Chris Marshall, J. Rex Barnett, Alan Levy, and Sylvia Mandel, Asst. Dist. Attys., Fort Worth, for State.

Before JOE SPURLOCK, II, FARRIS and LATTIMORE, JJ.

OPINION

JOE SPURLOCK, II, Justice.

Pamela McGoldrick Fielder appeals a conviction for voluntary manslaughter pursuant to a plea bargain agreement before the court. The issue is whether Fielder's nolo contendere plea was voluntary. We find it was involuntary because Fielder's lawyer misrepresented to her that she would not have to do jail time as a consequence of her plea; she had no notice that jail time would be a consequence of her

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