Chavez v. State

183 S.W.3d 675 (2006)

Enrique Ruelas CHAVEZ, Appellant,

v.

The STATE of Texas.

Nos. PD-1381-04, PD-1382-04.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, En banc.

January 25, 2006.

Arnoldo R. Pena, Brownsville, for Appellant.

Lawrence J. Rabb, Asst. County & District Attorney, Brownsville, Matthew Paul, State's Atty., Austin, for State.

Before the court en banc.

OPINION

JOHNSON, J., delivered the unanimous opinion of the Court.

Appellant plead guilty to two indictments, one for murder and the other for possession of cocaine with intent to deliver. The trial court sentenced him to thirty years in prison for each…