Newton v. State

OPINION

ODOM, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of felony theft; punishment, enhanced under Article 63, Vernon’s Ann.P.C., is life.

In his first four grounds of error appellant raises various contentions concerning a sanity hearing held June 20, 1973, challenging the sufficiency of the evidence therein on the issue of guilt, challenging the charge on insanity at the time of the offense, and contending the sanity hearing constituted prior jeopardy barring his subsequent trial on the merits. Before discussing these contentions we will outline the order of proceedings in this unusual case.

On May 8,…