Porter v. State

DICE, Judge.

The conviction is for burglary; the punishment, enhanced by two prior convictions for felonies less than capital, life imprisonment.

The state’s evidence shows that on the night in question a building occupied by the Southern Floral Company in the city of Houston was broken into and burglarized. Entry was gained into the building by breaking a pane of glass next to a greenhouse door, unlocking the door, and proceeding into the main building through another door by the same method. The first employee to arrive for work the following morning, upon entering the building observed…