Ex Parte Massey

DAVIDSON, Judge.

On March 11, 1941, relator was convicted in the district court of San Jacinto County under an indictment charging the primary offense of robbery by assault, a non-capital felony, and containing, in addition, allegations showing relator’s two prior convictions for a like offense. The jury found relator guilty, as charged, and under the provisions of Art. 63, P. C., known as the habitual criminal statute, the court fixed the punishment at life imprisonment.

The judgment of conviction was in all things regular upon its face, and showed that it was rendered upon a plea of not…