Collins v. State

OPINION

JUNELL, Justice.

Appellant was convicted by a jury of burglary of a habitation. Finding an enhancement paragraph true, the jury assessed punishment at 50 years in the Texas Department of Corrections. Appellant raises six grounds of error. Finding no reversible error, we affirm.

At about 5:00 a.m. on an October morning the 74-year-old complainant was awakened by her dog barking outside. She heard noises that sounded like someone was trying to break into her house, first from the front porch, and then from the back. She tried to call police, but her phone was dead. She rushed out the front…