CHAPMAN v. STATE

No. 34298.

353 S.W.2d 851 (1962)

Charles Robert CHAPMAN, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

February 14, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles Robert Chapman, pro se.

W. G. Walley, Jr., Acting Crim. Dist. Atty., W. T. Wood, Jr., Asst. Crim. Dist. Atty., Beaumont, and Leon B. Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


WOODLEY, Presiding Judge.

The appeal is from a conviction, upon a plea of guilty before the court, for burglary of a house owned by Loyce Powell without her consent, with the intent to commit theft. Appellant was assessed a term of 5 years.

The statutes relating to the waiver of a jury in a non-capital felony case provide that it shall be necessary for the state to introduce evidence into the record showing the guilt of the defendant, and that in no...

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