MADDOX v. STATE

No. 58402.

591 S.W.2d 898 (1979)

John Newton MADDOX, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, Panel No. 2.

December 19, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

E. R. Norwood, C. T. Hight, Liberty, for appellant.

Carroll E. Wilborn, Jr., Dist. Atty. and Elliott Knott, Asst. Dist. Atty., Liberty, Robert Huttash, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

Before ODOM, TOM G. DAVIS and CLINTON, JJ.


OPINION

CLINTON, Judge.

This appeal follows conviction for the offense of murder wherein the jury assessed appellant's punishment at confinement for life in the Texas Department of Corrections.

Appellant presents six grounds of error, five of which attack the validity of his prior convictions on the ground that he was an indigent at the time of conviction in each prior cause, did not have counsel and did not intelligently waive his right to same...

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