TOVAR v. STATE

No. 05-83-00881-CR.

685 S.W.2d 707 (1984)

Abacn TOVAR, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Dallas.

November 16, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lawrence Mitchell, Dallas, for appellant.

Leslie McFarlane, Dallas, for appellee.

Before CARVER, WHITHAM and GUILLOT, JJ.


GUILLOT, Justice.

Abacn Tovar appeals from a conviction for the offense of attempted murder. Punishment, twice enhanced, was assessed at life imprisonment. In two related grounds of error, appellant contends the trial court erred by admitting into evidence a penitentiary packet as proof of a 1978 theft conviction. Specifically, appellant complains that the theft statute, TEX.PENAL CODE ANN. § 31.03 (Vernon 1974), has become unconstitutionally vague and ambiguous...

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