Morrison v. State

OPINION

ODOM, Judge.

This is an appeal from a conviction for burglary of a habitation. Punishment was assessed by the jury at 30 years.

In his third ground of error appellant challenges the admissibility of a prior conviction during the punishment stage. Appellant objected to evidence of a prior conviction for attempted capital murder on the ground that the indictment is fundamentally defective, rendering the conviction void.1 The indictment alleged that appellant did:

*730“. .. knowingly and intentionally attempt to cause the death of Henry Lee Stiller, and that the said complainant was a peace…