Jorden v. State

OPINION

DOUGLAS, Judge.

This is an appeal from a conviction for the offense of murder with malice. Trial was before the court on a plea of guilty and punishment was assessed at ten years.

Appellant’s sole contention is that he was not properly admonished by the trial court as to the consequences of his plea as required by Article 26.13, Vernon’s Ann.C.C. P.

The court admonished the appellant that the punishment for such offense is “ . . . confinement in the Texas Department of Corrections for not less than two years nor more than life . . . ”; whereas the statutory range under Article 1257,…