NELSON v. STATE

No. 0068-85.

765 S.W.2d 401 (1989)

Thomas Joseph NELSON, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, En Banc.

January 25, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William Magnussen and Richard Alley, on appeal only, Fort Worth, for appellant.

Tim Curry, Dist. Atty., C. Chris Marshall and David L. Richards, Asst. Dist. Attys., Fort Worth, and Robert Huttash, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

Before the court en banc.


OPINION ON APPELLANT'S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW

CLINTON, Judge.

The offense is indecency with a child; a jury found appellant guilty as charged and assessed punishment at a term of confinement in the Texas Department of Corrections.

The single issue before the Court involves testimony of appellant as to his prior convictions given in a preliminary hearing out of hearing of the jury during the guilt/innocence stage of trial; it was held to...

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