Price v. State

OPINION ON REMAND

WHITTINGTON, Justice.

John Wiley Price pleaded guilty to misdemeanor criminal mischief (“the billboard case”) after a plea-bargain agreement with the State. Following that agreement, the trial judge placed appellant on six-months’ deferred-adjudication probation. While on probation, the State charged appellant with a second misdemeanor criminal mischief for damaging a windshield wiper on a motor vehicle (“the windshield-wiper case”). The jury convicted appellant on that charge, and the trial judge sentenced him to seventy-five days in jail and a $1,000 fine. On the State’s…