Ward v. State

At a consolidated proceeding in April 1990, appellant waived trial by jury and pleaded guilty to indictments accusing him of these felony offenses: burglary of a habitation (two cases), burglary of a building, theft, possession of a prohibited weapon, and possession of heroin. He also pleaded true to enhancement paragraphs in each indictment alleging two previous felony convictions. The district court found that the evidence substantiated appellant’s guilt of these offenses, deferred further proceedings without adjudicating guilt, and placed appellant on probation. In September 1994, the…