Shaw v. State

OPINION

DALLY, Commissioner.

The conviction is for felony theft; the punishment, four years imprisonment.

The appellant was indicted and tried jointly with two codefendants. The co-defendants were granted probation; only the appellant’s appeal is before us.

The appellant’s ground of error complains that the admission of testimony showing an attempt by the appellant and the codefendants to commit a separate offense similar to the one for which they were on trial presents reversible error.

The appellant urges that such testimony concerning an extraneous matter was not admissible in this case under…