Tupper v. State

OPINION

MORRISON, Judge.

Both appellants plead guilty to the offense of robbery by assault; the punishment in appellant Tupper’s case was sixteen years and ten years in appellant Chis-nell’s.

On appeal both appellants challenge the sufficiency of the trial court’s compliance with Article 26.13, Vernon’s Ann.C.C.P., which provides the requirements for acceptance of a plea of guilty. They complain of the court’s failure to admonish the appellants with regard to a “delusive hope of pardon”, and his failure to make an affirmative finding with regard to the sanity of the appellants.

Following the…