Legal Opinion

Steels v. State

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided July 22, 1993No. 01-92-01174-CRPublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

DUNN, Justice.

Appellant, David Charles Steels, pled guilty to possession of a firearm by a felon and pled true to two enhancement paragraphs, alleging prior convictions for murder and possession of a firearm by a felon. He was sentenced to 25-years confinement.

*637Initially, we note that the State asserts that appellant’s motion to quash the enhancement paragraphs was not timely brought before the trial court. Therefore, the State argues, error was waived.

The Code of Criminal Procedure provides that “before the date on which trial commences the defendant must point out errors, or…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Rawlings v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1980
  2. Phifer v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1990
  3. Kincheloe v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1977
  4. Wiltz v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1990

3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Boswell, MickeyTexas Supreme Court · 2015
  2. Jerry Lee Kershaw A/K/A Jerry Davis v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 11th District (Eastland)2006
  3. Michael Anthony Lopez v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 10th District (Waco)2008
  4. Mickey Boswell v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District2015
  5. Vernon Lee Jeffries v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 10th District (Waco)1994

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