Ortega v. State

OPINION

PEEPLES, Justice.

Appellant was charged with committing armed robberies in November and December 1990 at two locations of Fred’s Fish Fry in San Antonio. He was represented at trial by appointed counsel; both causes were heard in the same proceeding. At that trial, appellant pleaded no contest to the charges, was found guilty, and was sentenced in accordance with a plea bargain to 28 years in prison. The trial court refused his request for permission to appeal. He now brings two points of error, alleging (1) that he was deprived of counsel during the period for filing a motion for new…