Childs v. State

OPINION

GARCIA, Justice.

This is an appeal from a conviction of murder with a sentence of 99 years' confinement. Trial was to a jury. We reverse the conviction and remand the cause to the trial court for a new trial.

Appellant, Daniel Robert Childs, Jr., pleaded guilty to the murder of Roman Jamal Pitts, his stepson, at Childs’ original trial in 1989. This court reversed that proceeding because the trial court failed to admonish Childs on the range of punishment. 1 At the new trial in 1991, Childs pleaded not guilty and trial proceeded before a jury. At this second trial, the State submitted…