Ex Parte Chatman

OPINION

QUENTIN KEITH, Commissioner.

This is an application for writ of habeas corpus filed pursuant to Art. 11.07, Sec. 2, V.A.C.C.P. (Supp.1978). Petitioner was convicted in the 122nd District Court of Galveston County of the offense of aggravated rape on his plea of guilty before the court, and assessed a 20-year sentence on April 7, 1975, and no appeal was perfected from such judgment.

Petitioner contends that the judgment of conviction in the instant case is void because the trial court failed to conduct an examining trial pursuant to the provisions of Sec. 54.02(h), Family Code (1975),…