Allen v. State

OPINION

DUGGAN, Justice.

Following a bench trial, the trial court found appellant guilty of delivery of cocaine, found the allegations of the enhancement paragraph to be true, and assessed his punishment at 25 years confinement.

In a single point of error, appellant urges that the trial court erred (1) by requiring him to stand trial after rejecting a plea bargain agreement when he refused to admit guilt after a no contest plea, and (2) by assessing punishment greater than would have been incurred “had the original no contest plea been properly accepted.”

Appellant and his trial counsel plea…