Smith v. State

OPINION

ELLIS, Justice.

Appellant, Earl Clarence Smith, appeals his judgment of conviction for the felony offense of unauthorized use of a motor vehicle. Tex.Penal Code Ann. § 31.07 (Vernon 1989). The jury rejected appellants not guilty plea and, after finding the two enhancement paragraphs of the indictment to be true, assessed punishment at ninety-nine (99) years confinement in the Institutional Division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. We affirm.

Appellant brings eight points of error on his appeal. In his first point of error, appellant asserts that the trial court should have…