Barbee v. State

432 S.W.2d 78 (1968)

Robert L. BARBEE, Appellant,

v.

The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

No. 41225.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

May 8, 1968.

Rehearing Denied July 10, 1968.

Second Rehearing Denied October 16, 1968.

Phelps, Kilgarlin & Snell, by W. W. Kilgarlin, Houston, for appellant.

Ogden Bass, Dist. Atty., Wallace N. Shaw, Asst. Dist. Atty., Angleton, and Leon B. Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

OPINION

DICE, Judge.

The conviction is under Art. 430, Vernon's Ann.P.C., for the offense of barratry; the punishment, fifteen days in jail and a fine of $300.

The state moves to dismiss the…