Guajardo v. State

OPINION

O’CONNOR, Justice.

A jury convicted Ruben Guajardo, the appellant, of burglary of a habitation and felony escape. The trial court assessed punishment, enhanced by four earlier felonies, at 45-years imprisonment on the burglary charge, and 25-years imprisonment for escape. The sentences are consecutive. We affirm.

On April 29, 1991, a homeowner who was fed up with an earlier burglary, surprised the appellant as he tried to break into his house, and hit him in the back with a garden hoe. The appellant ran and the homeowner gave chase, but lost him. Later, when the appellant was arrested…