Rodriguez v. State

OPINION

ROBERTS, Judge.

These are appeals from convictions for murder with malice and sale of heroin, with the punishment assessed in each case at 14 years on a plea of guilty before the court.

*518Appellant was represented at his trials, the hearing on the motions for new trial, and at the time of sentencing by employed counsel. At the time of sentencing on February 22, 1971, notice of appeal was given in open court. On March 2, 1971, there was a letter from the appellant to the Honorable Archie S. Brown, Judge of the 144th District Court requesting a hearing to reduce an “excessive bond of…