McDougal v. State

OPINION

LEE ANN DAUPHINOT, Justice.

Appellant Michael Rennie McDougal was charged by indictment with theft under $1,500, enhanced by two prior theft convictions as well as two other prior felony convictions. Appellant signed a judicial confession and waived a reporter’s record. Upon his open plea of guilty to theft and true to the enhancement paragraphs, the trial court found the enhancement allegations true and convicted Appellant of state jail felony theft, 1 enhancing his punishment to that given for a second-degree felony. 2 The court sentenced Appellant to seven years’ confinement in the…