Mixon v. State

804 S.W.2d 107 (1991)

Vernon T. MIXON, Appellant,

v.

The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

No. 0010-90.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, En Banc.

February 27, 1991.

Stanley C. Kirk, on appeal only, Houston, for appellant.

John B. Holmes, Jr., Dist. Atty. & Kimberly Aperauch Stelter, Asst. Dist. Atty., Houston, Robert Huttash, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

Before the court en banc.

OPINION ON APPELLANT'S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW

Appellant was convicted of murder in a bench trial upon his plea of nolo contendere. The trial judge also assessed his punishment, enhanced by a prior conviction, at…