Clinton v. State

The trial court found appellants guilty of theft and assessed punishment at incarceration for six months. Tex.Pen.Code Ann. § 31.03 (Supp.1986). In identical points of error, appellants contend the trial court erred by refusing to allow them to withdraw their pleas of nolo contendere.

Sometime in 1984 appellants were indicted for the the felony offense of robbery. Tex.Pen.Code Ann. § 29.02 (1974). They subsequently entered into a plea bargain with the district attorney. In exchange for appellants’ pleas of guilty, the bargain called for the dismissal of the felony charges and the filing of…