Pedraza v. State

OPINION

ODOM, Judge.

This is a probation revocation case.

Appellant contends:

“The trial court erred in entering an order revoking appellant’s probation inasmuch as the purported order placing appellant on probation initially was void for the reason that it attempted to place appellant on probation for a period in excess of the maximum punishment prescribed by law for the offense for which appellant was placed on probation.”

The record shows that on November 3, 1976, appellant was convicted for the misdemeanor offense of assault under V.T.C.A., Penal Code Sec. 22.01(a)(1), and was placed on…