Chandler v. State
Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
DORSEY, Judge.
A jury found appellant guilty of burglarizing a habitation, and the trial court assessed punishment at 16 years in the Texas Department of Corrections.
In his first three points of error, appellant contends that (1) the structure burglarized was a building rather than a habitation, (2) the evidence fails to corroborate accomplice testimony, and (3) a pretrial identification procedure was impermissibly suggestive. We sustain appellant’s first point of error and remand the case to the trial court for an entry of acquittal.
Burglary of a habitation is a first degree felony,…
2Cases cited18 opinions
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