Manning v. State

SMITH, Justice.

The appellant was found guilty by a jury of burglary of a habitation with the intent to commit theft. He pled true to the enhancement count and the judge assessed his punishment at sixteen years imprisonment in the Texas Department of Corrections. The appellant’s two grounds of error allege improper argument by the prosecution and insufficiency of the evidence.

The facts, briefly stated, reveal that on November 12,1980, a private security guard was notified by a cab driver that a burglary was in progress at one of the apartments being guarded by the private security guard. The…