HENTON v. STATE

No. 45001.

476 S.W.2d 690 (1972)

John Adolphus HENTON, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

March 1, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John W. Overton, Houston (On Appeal only), for appellant.

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


OPINION

ONION, Presiding Judge.

This is an appeal from a conviction for assault with intent to murder with malice aforethought where the punishment was assessed at three years.

On June 11, 1970, the appellant entered a plea of not guilty before a jury. At the conclusion of the evidence and after the jury had been charged but before argument of counsel, he withdrew his plea of not guilty, waived trial by jury, and entered a plea of guilty before the...

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