Jordan v. State

OPINION ON APPELLANTS PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW

BAIRD, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of delivery of cocaine, enhanced by proof of one prior felony conviction, and sentenced to seventy-five years confinement. The Court of Appeals affirmed. Jordan v. State, 852 S.W.2d 689 (Tex.App.—Houston [14th] 1993). We granted appellant’s petition for discretionary review to determine whether the Court of Appeals erred in concluding the trial judge’s failure to hold a hearing on appellant’s motion for new trial was not an abuse of discretion and did not conflict with our decision in Reyes v. State,…