Purchase v. State

OPINION

LAURA CARTER HIGLEY, Justice.

Appellant, Samuel R. Purchase, appeals the denial of his application for a post-conviction writ of habeas corpus. According to appellant’s application, he was convicted of the felony offense of theft and placed on community supervision for four years. In both of his applications to the trial court and in his appeal to this court, appellant bases his right to relief on Code of Criminal Procedure article 11.01 and Texas Constitution article V, section 8. See Tex.Code Crim. Proc. Ann. art. 11.01 (Vernon 1977); Tex. Const. art. V, § 8.

In its brief, the State…