Price v. State

OPINION

MORRISON, Judge.

The offense is burglary; the punishment, five (5) years.

We are met at the outset with a question of constitutional dimensions. Officer Dougharty testified that after the burglary he arrested the appellant and his two companions. He was then asked, “Now I ask you, Mr. Dougharty, did you ever go down to Beaumont, Texas, with James Price (the appellant) and recover any merchandise?” Counsel asked to have the jury retired. In their absence, the prosecutor elicited the fact that the officer, prior to going to Beaumont, did not know where the stolen property might be found…