Samaripas v. State

OPINION

in which JOHNSON, KEASLER, HERVEY, COCHRAN, and ALCALA, JJ., joined.

A jury convicted Appellant, David Sa-maripas, Jr., of engaging in organized *2criminal activity1 and sentenced him, as a habitual criminal, to 53 years in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice-Correctional Institutions Division, an enhanced punishment based on two alleged prior convictions. Appellant appealed, arguing that the trial court improperly sustained the State’s objection to Appellant’s questions during voir dire. The court of appeals concluded that Appellant failed to preserve error. Samaripas v. State, 446…