Meek v. State

OPINION ON APPELLANT’S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW

MALONEY, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of felony theft; the court assessed punishment at one year in jail pursuant to Tex.Penal Code Ann. § 12.44(a), and probated the sentence. The conviction was affirmed in an unpublished opinion. Meek v. State, No. 01-90-01165-CR, 1992 WL 76431 (Tex.App.—Houston [1st Dist.] April 16, 1992). We granted appellant’s petition to determine whether appellant established that a written waiver of jury was not filed prior to the bench trial and, if so, whether the failure to execute such a written waiver on a…