Henson v. State

Lyle Brown, Justice.

Appellant Charles Eugene Henson was convicted of burglary and grand larceny. He was also found guilty of violation of the habitual criminal statute. The jury fixed his punishment at six years for burglary and at four years for grand larceny. On appeal it is urged (1) that Instruction No. 10 was prejudicial; (2) that the State’s evidence of a previous conviction was insufficient; and (3) that Henson was entitled to a directed verdict for insufficiency of the evidence.

Because of the attack on the sufficiency of the evidence we shall summarize somewhat in detail the State’s…