Heard v. State

OPINION

WOODLEY, Presiding Judge.

The offense is burglary of a private residence; the punishment, 99 years. (Art. 1391 Vernon’s Ann.P.C.)

The indictment alleged a prior conviction for burglary of a private residence.

The jury that had found appellant guilty found that the allegations as to the prior conviction were true and, as instructed by the court, assessed the punishment at 99 years.

This case was tried under the 1965 Code of Criminal Procedure prior to the decision of this court on rehearing in Ex parte Davis, Tex.Cr.App., 412 S.W.2d 46, 50, which overruled Joseph v. State, Tex.Cr. App., 367…