Cooper v. State

OPINION

COHEN, Justice.

A jury convicted appellant of second degree felony theft and assessed punishment at 20 years in prison. Appellant asserts seven grounds of error in which he claims that his trial counsel was ineffective, that the indictment and the jury charge were fundamentally defective, that the indictment was improperly amended, and that the evidence was insufficient to prove one of the thefts alleged.

The one-count indictment contained 23 paragraphs. Paragraphs one through 13 each alleged thefts of more than $10,-000.00. In paragraph 14, these thefts were alleged to have been…