State v. Tygart

FLANIGAN, Presiding Judge.

A jury found defendant William Tygart guilty of selling marijuana and he was sentenced to 30 years’ imprisonment. Defendant appeals.

The date of the offense was February 20, 1981. Two days before the trial the state filed an amended information charging that defendant was both a prior drug offender [§ 195.200.1(5) ] 1 and a persistent offender [§ 558.016.3]. That information alleged that on October 31, 1960, defendant pleaded guilty to the charge of felonious stealing in Texas. It also alleged that on March 21,1974, defendant was found guilty of the felonious…