Legal Opinion

Charleston v. State

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided June 30, 1992No. 13-91-205-CRPublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

NYE, Chief Justice.

A jury found appellant guilty of aggravated sexual assault and sentenced him to life imprisonment. By a single point of error, appellant claims that the trial court erred in admitting penitentiary packets to prove prior convictions after appellant pleaded true to enhancement allegations at the pun*518ishment phase. We affirm the trial court’s judgment.

Appellant argues that his plea of true satisfied the State’s burden of proof. Thus, the enhancement allegations were resolved, and that issue was no longer before the jury. He would have us hold that a trial court commits…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Thomas v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1986
  2. Beck v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1986
  3. Reed v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1991
  4. Polk v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1987
  5. Huggins v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 9th District (Beaumont)1990

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3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Taylor v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District2006
  2. Amanuel Gebrengus Atsemet v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 11th District (Eastland)2020
  3. James Thomas Guymon v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District2003
  4. Taylor, Jeffery Edward v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District2006

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