Alonzo v. State

Jan 20, 1971
No. 43353
Reporters:
,
Before:
Morrison
MORRISON, Judge.

OPINION

This is a companion case to Alonzo v. State, Tex.Cr.App., 462 S.W.2d 603.

The offense is ‍‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​​​‌​‌​​​‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‌​‍possession of narcotic paraphernalia; the punishment, twenty (20) years.

Appellant waived trial by jury and entered his plea of guilty before the court. All of the evidence offered by the ‍‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​​​‌​‌​​​‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‌​‍State to support the guilty plea was stipulated evidence.

Appellant on appeal raises the question of the failure to comply with mandatory terms of Article 1.15, Vernon’s Ann.C.C.P., regarding stipulated ‍‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​​​‌​‌​​​‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‌​‍testimony. Nowhere in the record do we find any written waiver by the appellant of the appearance, confrontation and cross-examination of the witnesses and consenting to introduction of ‍‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​​​‌​‌​​​‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‌​‍stipulated testimony, nor any written approval by the court of such waiver and consent.

For the error pointed out, the judgment is reversed and the cause is remanded. See Rodriguez ‍‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​​​‌​‌​​​‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‌​‍v. State, Tex.Cr.App., 442 S.W.2d 376, 383. See also Smith v. State, Tex.Cr.App., 416 S.W.2d 425, 426.