Blakes v. State

OPINION

ONION, Judge.

This is an appeal from a burglary of a building, where the punishment, enhanced by allegation and proof of a prior felony conviction, was assessed at thirty (30) years.

The sufficiency of the evidence is not challenged. In his sole ground of error appellant argues that the evidence introduced at the penalty stage of the trial to support the allegation of a prior felony conviction was insufficient to support the judgment.

At the penalty stage of the trial the State offered a fingerprint expert who testified that known prints of the appellant were identical with the…