Dennis v. State

OPINION

BROOKSHIRE, Justice.

The Appellant was indicted for the offense of Burglary of a Building, with alleged enhancements of three prior felony convictions. Appellant pleaded not guilty; trial was by a jury. In the guilt-innocence stage the jury found him guilty. At the punishment stage, upon a plea of true to all three enhancement paragraphs, the jury assessed his punishment at life imprisonment in the Texas Department of Corrections.

Upon his initial appeal Appellant’s notice of appeal was denied in a per curiam order by this Court, due to failure to file notice of appeal within the…