Legal Opinion

Hollins v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided October 11, 1978No. 55433PublishedCited by 150 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

ONION, Presiding Judge.

This appeal is taken from a conviction for burglary of a building. After the jury found the enhancement paragraphs of the indictment alleging two prior felony convictions were true, the court assessed appellant’s punishment at life imprisonment. See V.T.C.A., Penal Code, § 12.42(d). On appeal we are confronted with a claim as to the invalidity of the enhancement portion of the indictment and a contention that jury note-taking was improperly permitted.

I

Initially, appellant urges the trial court “erred in failing to grant defendant’s motion to quash the enhancement…

2Cases cited67 opinions

  1. Baity v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1970
  2. United States v. ChiarellaCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1950
  3. Rogers v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1959
  4. Plessinger v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1976
  5. State v. KeehnSupreme Court of Kansas · 1911

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3Cited by150 opinions

  1. Royster v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1981
  2. Human v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1988
  3. Villescas v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2006
  4. Cole v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1981
  5. Price v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1994

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