Woodberry v. State

OPINION

DOUGLAS, Judge.

This is an appeal from a conviction for the offense of aggravated robbery, on a plea of guilty to a jury which assessed punishment at five years.

The sole complaint is that the court erred in not withdrawing the plea of guilty on its own motion after appellant took the stand and testified equivocally about his actions during the robbery, substantially claiming that he made no overt effort to rob the complaining witness.

Charles Chandler testified that on September 20, 1975, appellant and a young woman came walking into his service station located in the Pleasant Grove area…