Garza v. State

OPINION ON STATE’S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW

CLINTON, Judge.

Appellant was indicted on October 20, 1980 for the then felony offense of theft of property valued at more than $200.00 but less than $10,000.00. Upon appellant’s plea of guilty and judicial confession to the offense, the trial court deferred further proceedings in the cause, without entering an adjudication of guilt, and entered an order on February 6, 1981, placing appellant on deferred adjudication probation for a period of three years, pursuant to Art. 42.12, § 3d(a), V.A.C.C.P. On June 18, 1984, well after the period of…