Price v. State

DISSENT TO REFUSAL OF APPELLANT’S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW

CLINTON, Judge.

The offense alleged is “criminal mischief’ under V.T.C.A. Penal Code, § 28.03(a)(1) and (b)(2), viz:

“... [Appellant] did unlawfully, knowingly and intentionally damage tangible personal property, to-wit: a motor vehicle, without the effective consent of Stephani Barnes, and the amount of pecuniary loss caused by said damage was more than $20.00 but less than $200.00[.]”

Trial was to a jury which found appellant “guilty as charged in the information of the offense of criminal mischief in an amount of $20.00 or…