SWANSON v. STATE

No. 42435.

447 S.W.2d 942 (1969)

Donnie Lynn SWANSON, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

December 10, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Herbert Green, Jr., Melvyn Carson Bruder, Tim K. Banner, Dallas, for appellant.

Henry Wade, Dist. Atty., James P. Barklow, C. H. Erwin, Malcolm Dade, Camille Elliott and James P. Finstrom, Asst. Dist. Attys., Dallas, and Jim D. Vollers, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


OPINION

ONION, Judge.

The offense is robbery by assault; the punishment, life.

At his trial on September 17, 1968, the appellant, after being duly admonished by the court as to the consequences of his plea, entered a plea of guilty before the jury to the offense charged. This action followed the abandonment of a prior conviction alleged in the indictment for enhancement.

While the appellant was represented by court appointed counsel on appeal...

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