Williams v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
W. C. DAVIS, Judge.
This is an appeal from a conviction for aggravated robbery. Punishment, enhanced by two prior felony convictions pursuant to V.T.C.A. Penal Code, Sec. 12.42(d), was assessed at life imprisonment.
We find that the judgment in this case must be reversed, as the appellant contends, because the State failed to prove that the appellant’s second previous felony conviction, used for enhancement, was for an offense committed after the first previous felony conviction became final. Section 12.-42(d), supra, provides:
“If it be shown on the trial of any felony offense that the…
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