Dora v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
ON APPELLANT’S MOTION FOR REHEARING
ODOM, Judge.
Our prior opinion is withdrawn and the following substituted in lieu thereof.
The offense is burglary; the punishment, enhanced under Article 63, Vernon’s Ann.P.C., life.
Appellant urges that the enhancement provisions of the indictment in the instant case are fatally defective. To support this contention, he relies on Guilliams v. State, 159 Tex.Cr.R. 81, 261 S.W.2d 598, which was reversed because the enhancement provisions of the indictment were fatally defective ; there appeared no allegation that the later conviction was for an offense…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Handy v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1954
- Clifton v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1951
- Woolsey v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1958
- Guilliams v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1953
- Hall v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1952
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3Cited by5 opinions
- Ex Parte DoraCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1977
- Coleman v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1972
- Cooper v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1973
- Martin v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1973
- Sonny Thomas Griffith v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 6th District (Texarkana)2013