Sanchez v. State

OPINION

GARCIA, Justice.

A jury found appellant, Roberto Sanchez, guilty of burglary of a habitation and assessed him a forty-five year prison sentence. On appeal, he alleges three points of error. We overrule each point of error and affirm the trial court’s judgment.

In his first and second points of error, appellant contends that the trial court erred in denying the motion for continuance and proceeding to trial without him. He was present at jury selection on July 22, 1991. However, at trial, three days later, he was absent. Upon the court’s inquiry, appellant’s counsel stated that he had…