Broddus v. State

OPINION ON STATE’S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW

McCORMICK, Judge.

Appellant was charged in a six count indictment with six aggravated robberies. Appellant filed a written pretrial motion to suppress his confession and a motion to suppress an illegal identification. After a hearing, the trial court overruled both motions. Thereafter, appellant pled guilty to all counts without the benefit of an agreed recommendation as to punishment. The trial court assessed punishment at fifty years’ confinement in the Texas Department of Corrections on each count, the sentences to run concurrently.

In an…