Edwards v. State

OPINION

ROSENBERG, Justice.

The trial court found Jerry Lewis Edwards guilty of forgery. Appellant entered a judicial confession to the offense and pleaded guilty. The court then placed appellant on ten years’ deferred-adjudication probation and sent him to a drug-rehabilitation program. Appellant violated the terms of his probation, and the State filed a motion to proceed to an adjudication of guilt. The trial court granted the State’s motion and sentenced appellant to life in prison. In one point of error, appellant contends that his conviction is void because it is based on a fundamentally…