Pierce v. State

DICE, Commissioner.

The conviction is for burglary; the punishment, enhanced under Art. 63, Vernon’s Ann.P.C., by reason of two prior convictions for felonies less than capital, life imprisonment.

The indictment charged the burglary of a house occupied and controlled by John Strohmer.

Two prior convictions of appellant for felonies less than capital were also alleged for enhancement and stipulated by the parties at the trial.

It was shown by the state’s testimony that the. prosecuting witness, Strohmer, lived in an apartment in the city of Houston. The witness testified that when he woke up on…