Henderson v. State

OPINION

DALLY, Judge.

This is an appeal from a conviction for the offense of aggravated rape; the punishment is imprisonment for life.

The appellant asserts that the trial court failed to properly admonish him on his plea of guilty, and failed to require him to execute a waiver of a right to trial by a jury in writing.

The appellant, who entered a plea of guilty, was charged with aggravated rape, and two prior felony convictions were alleged to enhance his punishment. The trial judge, pursuant to Article 26.13, V.A.C.C.P., only admonished the appellant of the range of punishment for the offense…