Scott v. State

The interpretation of “negotiated pleas of guilty” as used in the Dallas County Magistrates Act (“Act”), Article 1918c, V.A.C.S., applied by the Court in this cause and in Howard v. State, 690 S.W.2d 252 (Tex.Cr.App. delivered this day) seems still somewhat ambiguous and may need finer clarification — if not today, maybe tomorrow.1

Having made that observation, I would not write further but for the fact that the State interjected and the Dallas Court of Appeals alluded to Article 44.02, V.A.C.C.P. Scott v. State, 668 S.W.2d 430, 431-432 (Tex.App.—Dallas 1984), viz:

“It is true that the…