Stanfield v. State

MORRISON, Judge.

OPINION

The offense is felony theft with two prior noncapital felonies alleged for enhancement ; the punishment, life.

Appellant’s first ground of error grows out of the State’s cross examination of him as a witness in his own behalf at the guilt stage of the trial. He was first asked if he had been convicted in 1967 for forging and passing, and he admitted that he had. He was then asked and answered affirmatively that he had been convicted of burglary in 1964. Next, he admitted a prior conviction for robbery in Hunt County. He was then asked and required to answer, over…