Stalcup v. State

ON MOTION FOR REHEARING.

HAWKINS, Judge.

As first ground of his motion for rehearing appellant again urges that error was committed by the trial court in permitting the State to show prior indictments of appellant for various felonies, convictions thereof, and unserved sentences thereunder. We remain of opinion that the holding of our own court in Welk v. State, 99 Texas Crim. Rep., 235, 265 S. W., 914, and Vines v. State, 67 Texas Crim. Rep., 355, 148 S. W., 727, supports the action of the trial court. The reasoning in the case of People v. Scheck, 356 Ill., 56, 190 N. E., 108, 91 A. L. R.,…