Betancourt v. State

OPINION

CLINTON, Judge.

This appeal follows conviction for the offense of possession of heroin. Appellant, having been tried on an indictment enhanced pursuant to the provisions of V.T. C.A. Penal Code, § 12.42(d), was sentenced as an habitual offender.

In his sole ground of error, appellant contends that the trial court erred in sentencing him pursuant to Section 12.42(d), supra, in that the State presented evidence of only one prior felony conviction. We overrule this contention and, accordingly, affirm the judgment below.

The thrust of appellant’s contention herein is that one of the two prior…