Shaver v. State

OPINION

ROBERTS, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of the offense of felony shoplifting; punishment was enhanced under Article 63, Vernon’s Ann.P. C., and a life sentence was assessed.

The most serious contention raised on appeal concerns the admission into evidence of testimony relating to alleged extraneous offenses. Appellant and two companions were arrested in Foley’s Department Store in Houston for shoplifting. Appellant contends that the State was improperly permitted to show that, after their apprehension in the store, a search of an automobile belonging to one of them revealed merchandise…