Ex Parte Bowman

OPINION

ARCHIE BROWN, Commissioner.

This is a post-conviction habeas corpus proceeding brought under the provisions of Article 11.07, Vernon’s Ann.C.C.P.

Appellant was convicted by a jury of assault with intent to commit murder with malice. His punishment was assessed by the court at 25 years. On direct appeal this conviction was affirmed on February 6, 1974. Bowman v. State, Tex.Cr.App., 504 S.W.2d 880.

Appellant urges that the court violated his due process rights in assessing the punishment at 25 years because he previously entered a guilty plea to the same indictment before the same judge who…