Franks v. State of Texas

688 S.W.2d 502 (1985)

Ronald Kent FRANKS, Appellant,

v.

The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

No. 879-83.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, En Banc.

February 27, 1985.

Larry D. Dowell, Houston, for appellant.

John B. Holmes, Jr., Dist. Atty., Winston E. Cochran, Jr. and Jesse Rodriquez, Asst. Dist. Attys., Houston, Robert Huttash, State's Atty. and Cathleen R. Riedel, Asst. State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

Before the court en banc.

OPINION ON APPELLANT'S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW

W.C. DAVIS, Judge.

A jury convicted appellant of burglary of a habitation, found that appellant had been previously…