McClure v. State

OPINION CLINTON, Judge.

This case became a cause celebre in the Dallas-Fort Worth area long before it reached this Court — a notoriety of which we were unaware during oral argument on original submission,1 but which is now revealed in matters dehors the record that are rife with improprieties.2 Our decision, however, is based upon the review circumscribed by Article 40.09, § 13,3 V.A.C.C.P., *669and no more; see cases annotated in notes 704, 705.

The appeal is from a conviction for the offense of theft over two hundred dollars, a jury having found appellant guilty, and punishment assessed at…