State v. Bingham

OPINION

SCHNEIDER, Chief Justice.

Appellee Gregory Lee Bingham pleaded guilty without an agreed recommendation to the state jail felony of credit card abuse1 and true to the commission of two prior felonies for escape and possession of cocaine with intent to deliver. The trial court punished appellee by imposing a confinement permissible for a Class B misdemeanor, i.e., 180 days in jail.2 The. State appeals with a single *375point of error and argues the trial court imposed an illegal sentence because the court did not punish appellee under the former habitual offender law.3 We affirm.

The State…