Davis v. State

OPINION

LIVINGSTON, Justice.

Appellant Tyrone Eugene Davis challenges his conviction for possession of cocaine because he contends that the magistrate who accepted the guilty plea lacked jurisdiction. We sustain Davis’s sole point of error.

BACKGROUND

Davis was indicted on March 24, 1992 for possession of cocaine of less than twenty-eight grams. He entered into an agreement with the State in which he would plead guilty and the State would recommend that his two-to twenty-year sentence be probated for eight years. Among the conditions of probation was the requirement that Davis report regularly to…