Murdock v. State

OPINION ON APPELLANT’S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW

Appellant was convicted by a jury of illegal investment and sentenced to twenty-five years confinement and a fine of $300,-000.00. The Court of Appeals affirmed. Murdock v. State, 840 S.W.2d 558 (Tex.App.—Texarkana, 1992).

During the punishment phase, the trial court admitted evidence concerning extraneous conduct which did not result in final convictions. In Grunsfeld v. State, 843 S.W.2d 521 (Tex.Cr.App. No. 1037-91, delivered October 28, 1992), we held that unad-judicated extraneous offenses were inadmissible at the punishment phase of…