Thompson v. State

OPINION

BELCHER, Judge.

The offense is the unlawful sale of marijuana; the punishment, fifty years.

Appellant, in his first ground of error, contends that the trial court erred in failing to allow him to dismiss his court appointed counsel which he asked for during the trial.

Immediately after the state had rested its case, the court recessed for the day, and when it reconvened the next morning, the following proceedings were had outside the presence of the jury:

“The Court: Gentlemen, are we ready to proceed in Cause No. C-68-717-H, styled State of Texas vs. Gordon Ernest Thompson, alias Blood?

“Mr…