EDWARDS v. STATE

No. 26434.

261 S.W.2d 165 (1953)

EDWARDS v. STATE.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

Rehearing Denied June 24, 1953.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harvey C. Ford, Dallas, for appellant.

Wesley Dice, State's Atty., of Austin, for the State.


DAVIDSON, Commissioner.

To the charge of theft from the person, appellant waived trial by jury, pleaded guilty, and was assessed a penalty of two years in the penitentiary by the court.

The statutory requisites of waiver of jury trial and plea of guilty were complied with. Art. 10a, Vernon's Ann.C.C.P.

By motion for new trial, appellant sought to show that he was overreached in entering his plea of guilty and waiving trial by jury. The trial court...

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