Gooden v. State

OPINION

ONION, Judge.

The offense is Felony Theft; the punishment, ten (10) years confinement in the Texas Department of Corrections. The appellant waived trial by jury and entered his plea of guilty before the court. The evidence was stipulated in accordance with Article 1.15, Vernon’s Ann.C.C.P.

On appeal appellant complains that the lack of an examining trial deprived him of the effective assistance of counsel and vitiates his conviction. This ground of error is raised for the first time in the appellate brief filed in the trial court. There is nothing in the record to indicate that at any…