Gonzales v. State

DICE, Commissioner.

Appellant was convicted, upon his plea of guilty and waiver of a trial by jury, of the offense of operating a motor vehicle upon a public highway while his operator’s license was suspended, and assessed punishment at confinement in jail for six months and a fine of $250.

After the entry of judgment on such plea, a motion for new trial was filed by appellant in which he alleged that he was induced and persuaded to plead guilty by the promise of an officer that he would receive a fine, which he could pay and be discharged, and had he known he would be given a jail sentence he…