Ortiz v. State

OPINION ON APPELLANT’S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW

KELLER, Judge.

The issues presented in this case are whether the Court of Appeals correctly held that jeopardy attaches in a guilty plea proceeding when the trial court accepts the plea agreement and whether the Court of Appeals correctly found that the trial court had not accepted the plea agreement when it accepted the guilty plea.

Appellant was indicted for aggravated robbery. On July 28, 1989, in accord with a plea agreement, Appellant pled guilty to the lesser included offense of robbery with no agreement as to punishment. The trial…