Helton v. State

635 S.W.2d 824 (1982)

Steven Leroy HELTON, Appellant,

v.

The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

No. 09 81 065 CR.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Beaumont.

May 26, 1982.

Steve Carlton, Orange, for appellant.

William C. Wright, County Atty., Orange, for appellee.

OPINION

DIES, Chief Justice.

Appellant was convicted by a jury of burglary of a building and sentenced to sixty years confinement in the Texas Department of Corrections which brings this review.

Appellant's first ground of error contends that the trial court committed error in submitting a charge to the jury on punishment because the prior conviction alleged…