Ex Parte Brown

OPINION

McCORMICK, Judge.

This is a post-conviction habeas corpus proceeding which is before this Court pursuant to the provisions of Article 11.07, V.A.C.C.P.

In January of 1979, applicant was convicted by a jury of the offense of incest.1 At the punishment phase of the trial, applicant pled “not true” to the two enhancement paragraphs’ allegations. The jury, however, found the allegations of two prior convictions to be true.2 In accordance with the requirements of the law at that time, the trial judge entered judgment and man-datorily assessed applicant’s punishment at confinement for life in…