Shallhorn v. State

OPINION ON STATE’S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW

McCORMICK, Judge.

Appellant entered a plea of guilty to the charge of aggravated robbery. Appellant elected to go to a jury for punishment and she was assessed a term of thirty-five years’ confinement and a fine of $10,-000.00.

The Fort Worth Court of Appeals reversed appellant’s conviction after finding that she entered an involuntary plea conditioned on the premise that she would be allowed to appeal the denial of her pretrial motion to suppress her confession. Shallhorn v. State, 671 S.W.2d 730 (Tex.App.—Fort Worth 1984). We granted the…