Shaffer v. State

BILL BASS, Justice.

The trial court, sitting without a jury, convicted Gerald Milton Shaffer of the offense of robbery and assessed his punishment at thirty years’ confinement.

We reverse and remand.

Although the appellant brings three points of error, his first point warrants a reversal of the trial court’s decision. The appellant contends that the trial court committed reversible error by accepting the appellant’s, written waiver of a jury trial without the written consent of the State’s attorney. We agree. Article 1.15 of the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure provides that the appellant cannot…