Watson v. State

REYNOLDS, Chief Justice.

After a bench trial, appellant Norman Lee Watson was convicted of theft from a person, for which the court, upon consideration of appellant’s three previous felony convictions, assessed his punishment at confinement for twenty-five years. Appellant seeks a reversal and acquittal upon two contentions of error.1

First, he contends the court erred in accepting his plea of guilty before the written waiver of right to trial by jury had been signed, consented to, approved, and filed. Second, he contends the evidence is insufficient to show he appropriated the property by…