Ex parte Watson, 48377
| Decision Date | 24 April 1974 |
| Docket Number | No. 48377,48377 |
| Citation | 508 S.W.2d 399 |
| Parties | Ex parte Delmar Lee WATSON. |
| Court | Texas Court of Criminal Appeals |
Robert Scogin (Court-Appointed), Kermit, for appellant.
Jim D. Vollers, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.
This is an appeal from a hearing at which petitioner's application for habeas corpus was denied.
The petitioner plead guilty in 1973 to two charges of forgery, and was sentenced to five years' imprisonment on each, although the sentences were to run concurrently. No appeal from the convictions was taken.
Petitioner raises several contentions in urging that the writ should be granted; however, in view of our disposition of his contention regarding Art. 26.13, Vernon's Ann.C.C.P. admonishments, it will not be necessary to discuss the others.
With regard to cause #2426, the record reveals the following:
The court had previously asked petitioner if he was waiving a jury trial '. . . not because of any promise or any delusive hope of reward or delusive hope of pardon?' The court had also inquired as to his sanity. However, these admonishments related to the waiver of the jury.
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