Chandler v. State

OPINION ON STATE’S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW

Appellant was convicted by a jury of burglary of a habitation pursuant to V.T. C.A., Penal Code Sec. 30.02. The trial court sentenced him to sixteen years in the Texas Department of Corrections.1 The Court of Appeals reversed his conviction and ordered an acquittal. Chandler v. State, 743 S.W.2d 736 (Tex.App.—Corpus Christi 1987). This Court granted the State’s petition for discretionary review to determine whether the Court of Appeals erred in holding the evidence was insufficient to show an unfurnished apartment was a habitation for…