Bates v. State

FLANIGAN, Chief Judge.

Movant Daniel Charles Bates appeals from a denial after evidentiary hearing of his motion to set aside a judgment and sentence for statutory rape and to withdraw his guilty plea. The judgment was entered in 1975 and the punishment im*110posed was 15 years’ imprisonment. Following the motion hearing, held in 1977, the court made findings of fact and conclusions of law, Rule 27.26(i),1 and denied the motion.

Movant’s “point relied on” is that the trial court erred in finding that the plea of guilty was voluntary. That finding, argues movant, was improper for two independent…