MAYFIELD v. GIBLIN

No. 09-90-062 CV.

795 S.W.2d 852 (1990)

Darren Lee MAYFIELD, Relator, v. The Honorable Leonard GIBLIN, Jr., Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Beaumont.

Rehearing Denied September 18, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Bonham, Nederland, Jim Vollers, Austin, for relator.

Tom Maness, Dist. Atty., John R. DeWitt, Asst. Dist. Atty., Beaumont, for respondent.


OPINION

BROOKSHIRE, Justice.

Petition for writs of mandamus and prohibition.

The trial court acted entirely correctly in the exercise of its broad and, indeed, decisive discretion which by law places in trial judges the power to accept or to reject such proffered plea bargains as in this case. Hence, the trial judge's rejection or disapproval of the said proposed plea bargain was entirely lawful. Since, in our view, the district judge acted and proceeded...

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