Tanner v. State

OPINION

CANNON, Justice.

This is an appeal from a misdemeanor conviction of perjury. Tex.Penal Code Ann. § 37.02 (Vernon 1974). The jury assessed punishment at six months confinement to be probated plus a $2,000.00 fine. The court ordered Jesse Tanner, appellant herein, to pay restitution in the amount of $1,100.00 to the complainant, Majed Nayef Al-Alkayeh. Appellant raises five grounds of error. We affirm.

On November 1, 1980 the complainant was driving his 1972 Volkswagon on the East Tex Freeway. Around 9:00 p.m. he ran out of gas near Laura Koppe Road. When he returned the next morning…