Davidson v. State

288 S.W.2d 93 (1956)

Bobby Emmett DAVIDSON, Appellant,

v.

The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

No. 27919.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

February 1, 1956.

Frank D. Wear, Paris, for appellant.

Leighton Cornett, County Attorney, Paris, Leon B. Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

WOODLEY, Judge.

The offense is burglary, the indictment alleging a prior conviction of an offense of the same nature; the punishment, enhanced under Art. 62, P.C., being 12 years in the penitentiary, Vernon's Ann.P.C. art. 1397.

The evidence shows that about 1:45 A.M. on March 20, 1955, it was discovered that…