Matlock v. State

OPINION

Opinion by

Chief Justice CORNELIUS.

Myron Phillip Matlock was indicted for robbery. The indictment alleged one previous felony conviction as an enhancement. Matlock waived his right to a jury trial. He pleaded guilty to the lesser included offense of theft and pleaded not guilty to robbery. The State rejected Matlock’s guilty plea to the lesser offense and proceeded to trial on the indictment.

The trial court found Matlock guilty of robbery. Matlock then pleaded true to the enhancement paragraph, and the court sentenced him to twenty years’ imprisonment. In two points of error, Matlock…