Gibson v. State

OPINION

DICE, Judge.

The conviction is for burglary; the punishment, enhanced under Art. 62, P.C., by reason of a prior felony conviction for an offense of like character, twelve years.

The indictment charged a burglary by breaking and entering the house with intent to steal.

In his first ground of error, appellant insists that the evidence is insufficient to sustain the conviction because it does not show that the breaking and entering was with an intent to steal.

It was shown by the state’s evidence that on the night in question certain city of Houston police officers went to a building occupied…