Meachum v. State

ABATEMENT ORDER

HEDGES, Chief Justice.

This is a plea bargain case in which appellant, Charston Louis Meachum, was sentenced in absentia. We abate this appeal for a new sentencing hearing and order the trial court to pronounce sentence in appellant’s presence.

I. BACKGROUND

Appellant entered into a plea agreement with the State after he was charged with the felony offense of aggregate theft. The plea agreement provided that appellant would plead guilty to the charged offense and serve four years in prison. On August 28, 2007, the plea agreement was submitted to the trial court, and appellant…