Dunbar v. State

OPINION

FENDER, Chief Justice.

Appellant, Robert Lewis Dunbar, was convicted by a jury of the offense of attempted murder. See TEX.PENAL CODE ANN. secs. 15.01 (Vernon Supp.1988) and 19.02 (Vernon 1974). The judge assessed punishment at twenty-five years confinement in the Texas Department of Corrections.

We affirm.

A jury found the appellant guilty of attempted murder alleged to have been committed in Wichita County, Texas, on April 2, 1987. In the indictment, the State recited two enhancement paragraphs based on two prior felony convictions. At the sentencing phase the trial judge relied only on…