Morgan v. State

OPINION

CANTU, Justice.

This is an appeal from a conviction for possession of methamphetamine as a repeat offender upon a plea of guilty in a nonjury trial. Punishment was assessed at fifteen years’ confinement in the Texas Department of Corrections.1

Appellant in two grounds of error contends that the trial court erred in overruling his motion to suppress the seized methamphetamine. Finding fundamental error, we reverse and remand.

After the trial court overruled the motion to suppress, appellant waived his right to jury trial and entered a plea of guilty. In assessing punishment, the trial…