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DONAHUE v. STATE

No. 42981.

456 S.W.2d 926 (1970)

James Thomas DONAHUE, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

July 8, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bill Cannon, Houston (court appointed on appeal only), for appellant.

Carol S. Vance, Dist. Atty., Phyllis Bell and Tom Dunn, Asst. Dist. Attys., Houston, and Jim D. Vollers, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

OPINION

BELCHER, Judge.

The conviction is for murder; the punishment, life.

Following the state's withdrawal of its notice that it would seek the death penalty, the appellant duly and properly waived a trial by jury and entered a plea of guilty to the indictment charging him with murder with malice aforethought, and his punishment was assessed by the court at life.

The sole ground of error is that the trial court failed to properly admonish...

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