Johnson v. State

*246OPINION ON STATE’S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW

W.C. DAVIS, Judge.

A jury convicted appellant of unauthorized use of a motor vehicle, found the enhancement allegation to be true, and assessed punishment at confinement in the Texas Department of Corrections for fifteen years. The Court of Appeals for the Second Supreme Judicial District reversed appellant’s conviction, holding that the State failed to prove a prima facie case as to the validity of the prior conviction used for enhancement. The Court held that the evidence showed a void conviction because it showed appellant was a juvenile…