Mustard v. State

STEPHENS, Justice.

This is an appeal from a conviction for bribery. Trial was to the court without a jury. The court found appellant guilty of bribery and assessed punishment at ten years’ confinement in the Texas Department of Corrections and a $10,000 fine. For the reasons set out below, we affirm.

Appellant was indicted for bribery of a Dallas deputy marshal. The deputy marshal testified that he came to know appellant when appellant was employed by the city prosecutor’s office. The deputy did not know appellant personally and learned his name from other people. The deputy marshal testified…