Bocanegra v. State

552 S.W.2d 130 (1977)

Andres BOCANEGRA, Appellant,

v.

The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

No. 52896.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

June 8, 1977.

Brinkley L. Oxford, Edinburg, for appellant.

Oscar R. McInnis, Dist. Atty. and Joseph A. Connors, III, Asst. Dist. Atty., Edinburg, Jim D. Vollers, State's Atty., and David S. McAngus, Asst. State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

OPINION

ROBERTS, Judge.

Appellant was convicted by a jury of welfare fraud in violation of Article 695c, Section 34, Vernon's Ann.Civ.St. The court assessed punishment at six months in jail and a fine of twenty-five dollars, and…