Donald Barnes v. State of Texas

In The

Court of Appeals

Ninth District of Texas at Beaumont

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NO. 09-00-397 CR

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DONALD BARNES, Appellant

V

THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee

On Appeal from the 252nd District Court

Jefferson County, Texas

Trial Cause No. 78592

OPINION

Donald Barnes pleaded guilty to evading detention, and also entered a plea of "true" to two prior felony convictions. See Tex. Pen. Code Ann. § 38.04 (Vernon Supp. 2001). Barnes's indictment did not allege whether the two prior convictions were sequential but rather stated that, prior to the commission of the primary offense, Barnes was…