Gamble v. State

On direct appeal, the Houston [14th] Court of Appeals affirmed the jury conviction and sentence of 50 years’ confinement in the Department of Corrections that was assessed Thomas Lee Gamble, a/k/a Thomas Edward Gamble, hereinafter referred to *17as the appellant, who, for purposes of our felony probation law, was a first offender. See Gamble v. State, 681 S.W.2d 769 (Tex. App. — Houston [14th] 1984). The appellant was jointly tried with his codefendant, Gary Wayne Fisher, who was also convicted and assessed punishment at forty-five years’ confinement in the Department of Corrections. Fisher’s…