Kingsley v. State

OPINION

OVARD, Justice.

Robert Irving Kingsley appeals his conviction for the offense of purchase of a child. Kingsley pleaded guilty pursuant to a plea bargain agreement, and the trial court assessed punishment at two years’ confinement in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional Division. In three points of error, Kingsley complains that the trial court erred by (1) retroactively applying article 44.29(b) of the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure to award him a new trial on punishment, (2) ruling that two convictions subsequent to the original trial but prior to retrial were…