Hatch v. State

958 S.W.2d 813 (1997)

Michael Lynn HATCH, Appellant,

v.

The STATE of Texas.

No. 976-96.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, En Banc.

December 10, 1997.

Bruce Anton, Dallas, for appellant.

Lara Greer Urbach, Asst. Dist. Atty., Dallas, Matthew Paul, State's Atty., Austin, for State.

Before the court en banc.

OPINION ON STATE'S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW

McCORMICK, Presiding Judge.

A jury convicted appellant of the felony offense of delivery of cocaine and the court assessed a sentence, enhanced by two prior felony convictions, at twenty years' confinement. The record reflects that after appellant's…