Morales v. State

OPINION

DICE, Judge.

The conviction is for robbery by firearms; the punishment, twenty-five years.

The record reflects that after a jury was duly selected and empaneled in the cause, appellant entered a plea of not guilty to the indictment.

Notice was given by the state, in writing, that it would not seek the death penalty.

Evidence was then introduced showing appellant’s guilt of the offense charged.

After the state rested its case-in-chief and appellant’s motion for an instructed verdict was by the court overruled, appellant made it known to the court that he desired to change his plea in the…