Legal Opinion

Fiori v. State

Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)

Decided November 28, 1995No. 05-94-01553-CRPublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

WRIGHT, Justice.

The trial court convicted appellant of two counts of theft of property valued between $750 and $20,000. The trial court imposed an enhanced sentence of twenty-five years’ confinement in each case. In two points of error, appellant asserts (1) the trial court erred in convicting and sentencing him under the “old” penal code 1 and (2) his trial counsel was ineffective for not establishing that the value of the property stolen was less than $1500. We overrule appellant’s points of error and affirm the trial court’s judgments.

BACKGROUND

After being duly admonished, appellant…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Dinnery v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1980
  2. Ex Parte MangrumCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1978
  3. Wilson v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 7th District (Amarillo)1995

3Cited by9 opinions

  1. Simmons v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 12th District (Tyler)1997
  2. Carriere v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)2002
  3. Poledore v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1999
  4. Brandon Johnson v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 10th District (Waco)1997
  5. Carlos Valdez v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 8th District (El Paso)2006

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