Ybarra v. State

OPINION

McDONALD, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal by defendant Ybarra from a sentence of 20 years’ confinement in the Texas Department of Corrections for carrying a deadly weapon in a penal institution. Defendant plead guilty to the offense and appeals from the sentence which was assessed by the jury.

Defendant was indicted for unlawfully carrying a deadly weapon in a penal institution, enhanced by a prior conviction for a felony. Defendant plead guilty to the offense alleged in the indictment and plead true to the prior conviction alleged for enhancement.

Defendant appeals on 2 points from his…