Salinas v. State

OPINION

Justice CHAVEZ.

The Court of Criminal Appeals has instructed us to reexamine this case in light of Meek v. State, 851 S.W.2d 868 (Tex.Crim.App.1993), and Cain v. State, 947 S.W.2d 262 (Tex.Crim.App.1997). Salinas v. State, 980 S.W.2d 219, 219 (Tex.Crim.App.1998). The first time this case was before us, we held that the trial court erred in failing to secure a written jury waiver from the defendant before he pleaded guilty to the trial court, as required by article 1.13 of the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure. However, because appellant changed his plea to guilty only after a jury trial…