Legal Opinion

Chandler v. State

Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District

Decided December 31, 1987No. 13-87-100-CRPublished

1Opinion of the Court

743 S.W.2d 736 (1987)

Elroy CHANDLER, Jr., Appellant,

v.

The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

No. 13-87-100-CR.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Corpus Christi.

December 31, 1987.

Mark H. Woerner, Corpus Christi, for appellant.

Grant Jones, Corpus Christi, for appellee.

Before NYE, C.J., and DORSEY and KENNEDY, JJ.

OPINION

DORSEY, Judge.

A jury found appellant guilty of burglarizing a habitation, and the trial court assessed punishment at 16 years in the Texas Department of Corrections.

In his first three points of error, appellant contends that (1) the structure burglarized was a building rather than a habitation,…

Also in this document: Concurrence; Dissent.

2Cases cited27 opinions

  1. Simmons v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  2. Jordan v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1973
  3. Gamez v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1987
  4. Paulus v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1982
  5. Garza v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1982

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