Boyd v. State

OPINION ON APPELLANT’S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW

ODOM, Judge.

This is an appeal from a conviction for aggravated promotion of prostitution. V.T. C.A., Penal Code Sec. 43.04. After finding appellant guilty the court assessed punishment at 3 years. The Court of Appeals affirmed and we granted leave to file to consider appellant’s contention that the trial court erred in excluding from evidence testimony recorded at a prior trial of Louise Marie Boyd. Appellant urges that Ms. Boyd’s prior trial for prostitution and the present case arose out of the same criminal transaction. The Court of…