Elder v. State

OPINION ON STATE’S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW

McCORMICK, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of the offense of murder and punishment was assessed at sixty-five years in the Texas Department of Corrections. Following appeal, the Second Court of Appeals in Fort Worth reversed appellant’s conviction on the ground that the trial court erred in admitting a pen packet which contained an order revoking probation. We granted the State’s petition for discretionary review to consider that holding.

The pen packet introduced at trial in this cause shows that appellant was convicted of the offense of…