Birdwell v. State

996 S.W.2d 381 (1999)

Jerry Frank BIRDWELL, Appellant,

v.

The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

No. 14-96-01125-CR.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Houston (14th Dist.).

July 1, 1999.

Gerald B. Scheve, Houston, for appellant.

Kelly Ann Smith, for appellee.

Panel consists of Justices YATES, FOWLER and HILL.[*]

MAJORITY OPINION

FOWLER, Justice.

Appellant, Jerry Frank Birdwell, appeals from his conviction of the offense of theft upon his plea of guilty. Finding the enhancement paragraphs to be true, the trial court assessed his punishment at six years in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional Division,…