Morris v. State

Appellant has been blindsided!

The trial court found appellant guilty on his plea of “nolo contendere” to an indictment charging him with possession of cocaine. Pursuant to a plea bargain arrangement whereby the State dropped two enhancement paragraphs from the indictment, the trial court assessed the recommended punishment of seven years confinement. All parties agreed that appellant would appeal the trial court’s ruling on his pretrial motion to quash the indictment.

Instead, in his sole ground of error before the First Court of Appeals in Houston appellant challenged the sufficiency of the…