Brown v. State

OPINION

MORRISON, Judge.

The offense is murder with malice; the punishment, upon a plea of guilty, ten (10) years.

The record reflects that appellant waived his right to trial by jury and entered into a sworn written stipulation of evidence in which he stated:

“. . . I judicially confess to the following facts and agree and stipulate that these facts are true and correct and constitute the evidence in this case: That I did shoot and kill my wife Bobbie Jean Brown on June 30 1971 without any cause that would excuse or justify my act.”

Appellant’s two grounds of error contend that his guilty plea…