Windom v. State

OPINION ON STATE’S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW

Appellant was indicted for aggravated robbery. Pursuant to a plea agreement, appellant pled no contest to the reduced charge of robbery and was sentenced to confinement for forty years. For reasons not reflected in the record, later that same day, the trial court granted appellant’s motion for new trial. Shortly thereafter, appellant was tried for aggravated robbery. The jury convicted appellant of the lesser included offense of robbery and the trial judge assessed punishment at confinement for life. Appellant appealed, contending the…