Turner v. State

OPINION

JACKSON, Commissioner.

The conviction was for sodomy; the punishment, ten (10) years.

Since the sufficiency of the evidence is not challenged, we will not detail the evidence. Ample proof was made that appellant committed oral sodomy on the person of a ten year old boy.

Ground of error No. 1 urged by appellant is that the court erred in permitting the State to use a 1958 felony conviction for theft for the purpose of affecting the appellant’s credibility as a witness, because he says the evidénce was insufficient to show that he was represented by counsel in that case.

The judgment in the…