Wilkins v. State

OPINION

VOLLERS, Judge.

Appellant entered a plea of guilty to an indictment charging him with burglary of a habitation. In assessing the punishment at confinement in the Texas Department of Corrections for nine years, the trial judge took into consideration an unadjudicated offense occurring in McLennan County, Texas under the provisions of Section 12.45, V.A. P.C.

By four grounds of error, the appellant complains that the trial court erred in taking into account the unadjudicated offense because (1) there was no independent proof of appellant’s guilt of such offense; (2) the trial court did not…