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YOUNG v. STATE

No. 1579-96.

8 S.W.3d 656 (2000)

Shermain Nadine YOUNG, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, En Banc.

January 5, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James R. Walker, Jr., Brian W. Wice, Houston, for appellant.

Michael R. Little, Dist. Atty., Liberty, Betty Marshall, Asst. State's Atty., Matthew Paul, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

Before the court en banc.

WOMACK, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which MEYERS, PRICE, HOLLAND, JOHNSON, and KEASLER, JJ., joined.

In this case we reconsider the "Helms Rule" that, "Where a plea of guilty is voluntarily and understandingly made, all non-jurisdictional defects including claimed deprivation of federal due process are waived," Helms v. State, 484 S.W.2d 925, 927 (Tex.Cr.App.1972).

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