Legal Opinion

Starlling v. State

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided July 3, 1985No. 2-84-259-CRPublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

ASHWORTH, Justice.

A jury found appellant guilty of the offense of burglary of a habitation, TEX.PENAL CODE ANN. sec. 30.02 (Vernon Supp. 1985), and, after finding he had been convicted of two prior felonies, assessed his punishment at confinement for a period of fifty-five years.

Judgment affirmed.

Appellant’s first ground of error contends the court’s charge on punishment is fundamentally defective for failure to include a jury instruction which would permit the jury to find appellant guilty of only one enhancement count rather than two. In his second ground of error, appellant contends…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Almanza v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1985
  2. Frausto v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1982
  3. Chamberlain v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1970
  4. Trammell v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1969
  5. Moreno v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1976

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3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Nevarez v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 10th District (Waco)1992
  2. Starlling v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1988
  3. Hanson v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 7th District (Amarillo)2008
  4. Starlling v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1986
  5. Mark Edwards Hanson v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 7th District (Amarillo)2008

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