Price v. State

OPINION ON STATE’S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW

The offense is criminal mischief under V.T.C.A Penal Code, § 28.03(a)(1) and (b)(3), damaging tangible personal property (four billboards advertising cigarettes) resulting in pecuniary loss of $200 or more but less than $750; it is a Class A misdemeanor. The punishment is 75 days confinement in the Dallas County Jail.

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The questions in this cause arise out of the initial deferred adjudication proceeding, memorialized in the Probation Order and Deferral of Adjudication of Guilt dated September 14,1990. Tr. 37.1 The basic issue is intendment…