Legal Opinion

Burrell v. State

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided September 7, 1983No. 09 83 032 CRPublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

DIES, Chief Justice.

This appeal is brought from a conviction for burglary of a building wherein punishment was assessed at life imprisonment upon a jury finding of true to two enhancement allegations.

Appellant contests the jury finding of true to an enhancement count because there was “no evidence indicating finality of conviction # 39260 ‘and’ in this regard, the evidence on its face indicates that said cause was ‘on appeal.’ ” Tex.Penal Code Ann. § 12.42(d) (Vernon 1974). Specifically, appellant complains of the State’s introduction into evidence of exhibit number eight, copies of…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Williams v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1980
  2. Gardner v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1972
  3. Hamlin v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1982

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Weaver v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)1986

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