Glorioso v. State

OPINION ON APPELLANT’S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW

A jury found appellant guilty of possession of a controlled substance and, after finding appellant had been twice previously convicted of a felony, assessed punishment at confinement for 99 years. The Fourteenth Court of Appeals affirmed appellant’s conviction in a published opinion. Glorioso v. State, 744 S.W.2d 202 (Tex.App.—Hou. [14th dist.] 1987).

In the Court of Appeals, appellant attacked the sufficiency of the evidence to show the finality of one of the prior convictions used for enhancement because the evidence introduced before…