Mixon v. State

365 S.W.2d 364 (1963)

Lindy Q. MIXON, Appellant,

v.

The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

No. 35106.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

January 9, 1963.

Rehearing Denied February 20, 1963.

Second Rehearing Denied March 20, 1963.

Lindy Q. Mixon, appellant, pro se.

Jack Tidwell, Dist. Atty., Mike Berry, Asst. Dist. Atty., Odessa, and Leon B. Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

MORRISON, Judge.

The offense is burglary of a private residence at night, with two prior convictions of felonies less than capital alleged for enhancement; the punishment, life.

Kenneth Smith and his wife went to sleep in their…