DORSEY, Justice.
This appeal involves the trial judge accepting a plea of guilty pursuant to a plea bargain agreement, but later rejecting the agreement. The principal issue is whether jeopardy attaches, so as to bar a subsequent prosecution, when the judge announces he accepts a plea of guilty pursuant to a plea bargain agreement and later, when punishment is to be assessed, rejects the earlier plea and allows it to be withdrawn. We hold...
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