Damion Demond Russel v. State

OPINION

EVELYN V. KEYES, Justice.

A jury convicted appellant, Damion De-mond Russel, of the third degree felony offense of unauthorized possession of a firearm by a felon. 1 After appellant pleaded true to the allegations in two enhancement paragraphs, the trial court assessed punishment at twenty-five years’ confinement. In one issue, appellant contends that the State failed to present sufficient evidence of his prior felony conviction because the trial court instructed the jury, orally and in the written charge, that it should consider the evidence of his prior felony conviction for…