Johnson v. State

I am now persuaded that this court erred in reversing this cause on original submission. I dissent from the substitute opinion and would vote to affirm the conviction.

At his trial, following conviction at the guilt-innocence phase, appellant was faced with the introduction of a pen packet offered by the State to support a recidivist pleading in the indictment. Appellant’s counsel objected on the ground that the pen packet and other papers reflected that appellant was sixteen years of age at the time of the prior conviction and that the pen packet contained no certification order from a…