Gallagher v. State

690 S.W.2d 587 (1985)

David Patrick GALLAGHER, Appellant,

v.

The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

No. 59677.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, En Banc.

May 29, 1985.

James C. Henry, John Ledger, Peter E. Ryba, Houston, for appellant.

Carol S. Vance, Former Dist. Atty., and W. Scott Carpenter and Ray Howard, Asst. Dist. Attys., Houston, Robert Huttash, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

Before the court en banc.

OPINION

ONION, Presiding Judge.

This is an appeal from a conviction for official oppression, a Class A misdemeanor, V.T.C.A., Penal Code, § 39.02. The jury assessed punishment at 180 days in the…