Ex Parte Dowden

OPINION

ONION, Presiding Judge.

These proceedings involve a post-conviction application for writ of habeas corpus under Article 11.07, V.A.C.C.P.

On April 30, 1975 the petitioner pled guilty to the indictment charging that he, acting together with Clifford S. Blansett, killed the deceased, Danny Gray, by shooting him with a gun, knowing and being informed that Gray was a peace officer. He waived trial by jury. Punishment was assessed by the court of life imprisonment. Apparently the State had entered a plea bargain to waive the death penalty.1

The real thrust of his argument is that in a capital…