Legal Opinion

Adams v. State

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided September 26, 1985No. 01-84-0589-CRPublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

DUGGAN, Justice.

A jury found appellant guilty of burglary of a habitation enhanced by two prior convictions, and assessed her punishment at 40 years confinement. The sufficiency of the evidence to support the finding of guilt is undisputed. Appellant urges two closely related grounds of error on appeal. We affirm.

Appellant asserts that the trial court committed reversible error: (1) by denying her motion to quash and dismiss the second enhancement paragraph in the indictment; and (2) by allowing proof of this enhancement paragraph into evidence at the punishment phase of trial, since…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Dinnery v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1980
  2. Campbell v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1978
  3. Acosta v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1983
  4. Houston v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1977
  5. Craven v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1980

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Greer v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)1989
  2. Jacob v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1993
  3. Jacob v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1993

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