Gutierrez v. State

OPINION

NYE, Chief Justice.

Appellant appeals his conviction by a jury of unauthorized use of a motor vehicle. The jury assessed punishment at eight years’ confinement with a $2,000.00 fine. Appellant presents two points of error on appeal.

By his first point of error, appellant complains that the trial court improperly admitted testimony of his former federal parole officer to prove a prior federal conviction. During the punishment phase of the trial, the State called appellant’s former federal parole officer as a witness. The parole officer testified from his own personal knowledge that…