Legal Opinion
Gates v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided October 20, 1971No. 44156PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
DALLY, Commissioner.
The conviction is for burglary, with two prior burglary offenses alleged for enhancement of punishment under Art. 63, Vernon’s Ann.P.C. The punishment assessed was life.
The appellant’s only contention is that “the judgment of the trial court setting the punishment of this defendant to life imprisonment is supported by only one previous conviction of a felony less than capital alleged and proved.” The appellant argues that one of the prior convictions used for enhancement, a conviction in the district court of Cochran County, in Cause No. 367, did not find the…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Ex parte BrownCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1942
- Garcia v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1970
- Brown v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1963
- Ex parte PitruchaCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1953
- Kennimer v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1933
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Porter v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 9th District (Beaumont)1988
- McNabb v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1982
- Washington v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1982
- Derek Stewart Robinson v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 9th District (Beaumont)2020
- Rodriguez, Jose Antonio v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)2002
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