Bingham v. State

915 S.W.2d 9 (1994)

Anthony Dwayne BINGHAM, Appellant,

v.

The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

No. 891-92.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, En Banc.

December 21, 1994.

Scott Lemke, McKinney, for appellant.

Tom O'Connell, Dist. Atty., and David Waddill, Asst. Dist. Atty., McKinney, and Robert Huttash, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

Before the Court en banc.

OPINION ON STATE'S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW

MEYERS, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of arson and his punishment assessed at confinement in the penitentiary for 15 years and a fine of $1,000.00. The Court of Appeals reversed, holding that the…