Matula v. State

DICE, Commissioner.

The conviction is for burglary; the punishment, enhanced under Art. 62, Vernon’s Ann.P.C., by reason of a prior conviction for an offense of like character, twelve years.

The state’s evidence shows that on the night in question, Officer Donald L. McKenzie, of the city of San Antonio, while on routine patrol around 2:36 a. m., discovered that a building occupied by the B. & M. Mattress Company at 1312 South Hackber-ry, had been broken into and burglarized. Entrance into the building had been gained through a door by prying a hasp therefrom. A safe in the building had been…