Winchester v. State

OPINION

PATRICK A. PIRTLE, Justice.

Appellant, Terry Eugene Winchester, was convicted in separate jury trials of the third degree felony offenses of retaliation and failure to appear and sentenced to two consecutive life sentences under the habitual felony offenders provisions of the Texas Penal Code. 1 Appellant raises a single point of error in two appeals asserting the trial court erred by imposing sentences grossly disproportionate to the offenses underlying his convictions resulting in cruel and unusual punishment in violation of the Eighth Amendment of the United States Constitution. 2 We…