Mayfield v. State

ORDER ON MOTION FOR REHEARING

MURPHY, Justice.

Appellant entered a plea of not guilty before a jury to the offense of aggravated robbery. Tex.Penal Code Ann. § 29.03. He was convicted and the jury assessed punishment, enhanced under TexPenal Code Ann. § 12.42(d), at imprisonment for life.

On original submission, we reversed the judgment of the trial court and remanded for a new trial, holding that the trial court erred by failing to conduct a hearing on the voluntariness of appellant’s confession, pursuant to Tex.Code Crim.Proc.Ann. art. 38.22, § 6. In its motion for rehearing, the State argues…