Mullins v. State

409 S.W.2d 869 (1966)

David Edward MULLINS, Appellant,

v.

The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

No. 39836.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

November 16, 1966.

Rehearing Denied December 31, 1966.

Floyd A. Hunter, Greenville, for appellant.

Leon B. Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

OPINION

DICE, Commissioner.

Burglary is the offense; the punishment, enhanced under Art. 63, Vernon's Ann.P.C., by reason of two prior convictions for felonies less than capital, life imprisonment.

Trial was after January 1, 1966, under the 1965 Code of Criminal Procedure.

The indictment charged, in the first paragraph,…