Whitfield v. State

Opinion

W.G. ARNOT, III, Chief Justice.

Eric Michael Whitfield pleaded guilty to the offense of second degree robbery. Pursuant to the terms of a plea bargain agreement reached between appellant and the State, the trial court assessed appellant’s punishment at confinement in the Institutional Division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice for a term of 15 years. Soon after he entered his guilty plea, appellant filed a motion for new trial which challenged the voluntariness of his guilty plea and the effectiveness of his trial counsel. The trial court denied the motion for new trial after…