JOHNSON v. STATE

No. 63794.

676 S.W.2d 416 (1984)

Harry Leroy JOHNSON aka Charles Leroy Mitchell, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, En Banc.

September 19, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas D. White, Houston, for appellant.

John B. Holmes, Jr., Dist. Atty. and Michael D. Olsen, Asst. Dist. Atty., Houston, Robert Huttash, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

Before the court en banc.


OPINION

TEAGUE, Judge.

Harry Leroy Johnson, aka Charles Leroy Mitchell, appellant, was convicted by a jury of theft over $200 but less than $10,000. The jury also assessed his punishment, enhanced, at fifteen (15) years' confinement in the penitentiary and a fine of $1,000.

We will reverse appellant's conviction because the trial court denied appellant his constitutional right of self-representation.

Notwithstanding that we will reverse appellant...

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