Ingram v. State

426 S.W.2d 877 (1968)

James Sherman INGRAM, Appellant,

v.

The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

No. 41151.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

March 27, 1968.

Rehearing Denied May 8, 1968.

Herrick & Waltrip, by Bill Waltrip, Fort Worth, for appellant.

Frank Coffey, Dist. Atty., Truman Power and William A. Knapp, Asst. Dist. Attys., Fort Worth, and Leon B. Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

OPINION

WOODLEY, Presiding Judge.

The offense is felony theft of an automobile; the punishment, enhanced by a prior conviction for burglary, an offense of the same nature, 10 years.

The prior conviction alleged for…