Ortiz v. State

OPINION

Before BUTTS, REEVES and CHAPA, JJ. CHAPA, Justice.

Appellant was charged by information with the offense of theft ($200.00 to $765.00), and tried to a jury. He was found guilty and punishment was assessed at one year of incarceration in the Bexar County Jail and a $500.00 fine, plus costs of court.

In his first point of error, appellant contends that the trial court erred in admitting oral statements made by appellant in violation of the requirements of art. 38.22, TEX. CODE CRIM.PROC.ANN. (Vernon 1979).

The 1977 amendment to art. 38.22, supra, provides that the limitations of the…