Pablo Ramos Jiminez v. W. J. Estelle, Jr., Director, Texas Department of Corrections, Respondent

TUTTLE, Circuit Judge:

The appellant here seeks a reversal of the judgment of the district court denying habeas corpus relief from an alleged illegal twenty-year sentence which was determined by the jury after hearing evidence of prior convictions under the Texas Enhancement Statute. The state relies upon its rule that unless a defendant contemporaneously objects to the introduction of evidence against him on the very ground on which he later seeks relief on appeal or on habeas corpus, such ground is not later cognizable, e. g., Aldrighetti v. State, 507 S.W.2d 770 (Tex.Cr.App.1974); Spead v.…