Martin v. State

OPINION

ONION, Presiding Justice.

This is an appeal from a conviction for murder where the punishment assessed was 30 years.

The sufficiency of the evidence is not challenged and a recital of the facts is deemed unnecessary.

The appellant does, however, contend error was committed when the court permitted the State to introduce at the hearing on punishment two prior felony convictions as part of his “prior criminal record” where there was a “question of the convictions being void.” Appellant urges the rationale of Burgett v. Texas, 389 U.S. 109, 88 S.Ct. 258, 19 L.Ed.2d 319, bars the use of a…