Florez v. State

OPINION

ODOM, Judge.

This appeal is from a conviction on January 26, 1971, for the offense of forgery; the punishment, enhanced under Article 63 Vernon’s Ann.P.C., life.

Appellant’s sole ground of error on appeal is that the prior convictions alleged for enhancement in the indictment had been previously used in other cases and “they could not be used to enhance the penalty a second time.”

The record before us shows that the second paragraph of the indictment in the case at bar alleged a prior final conviction for burglary in the 143rd District Court of Reeves County in Cause No. 2577, such final…