Gardner v. State

MORRISON, Judge.

The offense is burglary, with two prior felony convictions alleged to enhance the punishment; the punishment, life.

Mrs. Reid testified that appellant and one Bagley had been employed to paint the apartment in which she lived alone; that they had been engaged in so doing for several days prior to April 15; that on said day the appellant came to her apartment, and she told him that she was going out of town for several days and that he would have to wait for her return to finish the painting. The witness stated that during such conversation the appellant complained that his eyes…