Jackson v. State

OPINION

TIJERINA, Justice.

This is an appeal from a conviction for the Class A misdemeanor offense of hindering secured creditors. TEX.PENAL CODE ANN. § 32.33(b), (c) (Vernon Supp. 1985). The jury found appellant guilty as charged and the trial court assessed punishment at forty-five days confinement in the Kerr County Jail, probated for one year.

The central issue of this appeal, presented in ground of error one, is whether the trial court erred in overruling appellant’s plea of jeopardy. The record reflects that the State filed an information and complaint in Cause No. 8958, alleging that…