Siqueiros v. State

OPINION ON STATE’S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW

WHITE, Judge.

This is an appeal from a conviction of burglary of a habitation under V.T.C.A., Penal Code Sec. 30.02(a)(1). A jury assessed punishment at 99 years imprisonment. On appeal the conviction was reversed by the El Paso Court of Appeals. Siqueiros v. State, 669 S.W.2d 394 (Tex.App.—El Paso, 1984).

The El Paso Court of Appeals reversed the conviction and remanded the case for a new trial because the trial court admitted into evidence an extraneous offense committed by the appellant. In reversing, the majority opinion of the court below…