Hutchins v. State

Pursuant to a plea bargain agreement, appellant pleaded guilty and judicially confessed to the offense of murder. Penal Code, 63d Leg., R.S., ch. 399, sec. 1, § 19.02, 1973 Tex.Gen.Laws 883, 913, amended by Act of May 28, 1973, 63d Leg., R.S., ch. 426, art. 2, § 1, 1973 Tex.Gen.Laws 1122, 1123 (Tex.Penal Code Ann. § 19.02, since amended). In accord with the agreement, the district court assessed punishment at imprisonment for fifty years.

Appellant entered his plea on November 19, 1993. Sentence was imposed the same day. Also filed on that date was a written waiver of appeal “after sentence…