Alexander v. State

OPINION

BELCHER, Judge.

The offense is felony theft enhanced under Art. 63, Vernon’s Ann.P.C.; the punishment, life.

The appellant contends that the two prior felony convictions used to enhance his punishment were void because he was not represented by counsel in violation of Gideon v. Wainwright, 372 U.S. 335, 83 S.*121Ct. 792, 9 L.Ed.2d 799 and Burgett v. Texas, 389 U.S. 109, 114, 88 S.Ct. 258, 19 L.Ed.2d 319.

The appellant challenged the validity of the prior convictions used for enhancement first at a pretrial hearing on a motion to quash the enhancement portions of the indictment, and then at…