Emerson v. State

727 S.W.2d 267 (1987)

Phillip EMERSON, Appellant,

v.

The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

No. 033-84.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, En Banc.

March 4, 1987.

Allen C. Isbell (on appeal), Houston, for appellant.

John B. Holmes, Jr., Dist. Atty. and Timothy G. Taft and Russell Hardin, Jr., Asst. Dist. Attys., Houston, Robert Huttash, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

Before the court en banc.

OPINION ON APPELLANT'S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW

ONION, Presiding Judge.

Appellant was convicted in the 263rd District Court of the misdemeanor offense of "official oppression" under V.T.C.A., Penal Code, §…