Bates v. State

587 S.W.2d 121 (1979)

Garth BATES, Appellant,

v.

The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

No. 58338.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, En Banc.

January 10, 1979.

Rehearing Denied September 19, 1979.

Second Motion for Rehearing Denied October 17, 1979.

Marvin O. Teague, Houston, for appellant.

Carol S. Vance, Dist. Atty., Michael Kuhn, William W. Burge and John B. Holmes, Jr., Asst. Dist. Attys., Houston, for the State.

Robert Huttash, State's Atty., Austin, on rehearing, for the State.

Before the court en banc.

OPINION

W. C. DAVIS, Judge.

This is an appeal from a conviction for the offense of bribery; punishment,…