Bass v. State

427 S.W.2d 624 (1968)

Chester BASS, Appellant,

v.

The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

No. 41055.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

February 14, 1968.

Rehearing Denied April 3, 1968.

Second Rehearing Denied May 22, 1968.

Bobby H. Caldwell, James B. Turner, Houston, for appellant.

Carol S. Vance, Dist. Atty., Joseph W. Doucette and R. W. Hope, Asst. Dist. Attys., Houston, and Leon B. Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

OPINION

DICE, Judge.

Appellant was convicted under Art. 1427, P.C., of the offense of theft of filed papers and his punishment was assessed at confinement in the Texas Department of…