McClelland v. State

McDONALD, Presiding Judge.

The appellant was convicted of the offense of Conversion from an Estate, and his penalty was assessed at 10 years confinement in the State Penitentiary.

The appellant, the former Probate Judge of Harris County, Texas, was jointly indicted with Jerry S. O’Brien. A severance having been granted, O’Brien’s case was tried in Harris County where he was convicted and the conviction was upheld by this Court on appeal, 376 S.W.2d 833. The appellant was granted a change of venue and was tried before the Honorable Mace B. Thurman, Judge of the 147th District Court, of Travis…