Legal Opinion

Arce v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided June 14, 1977No. 54567PublishedCited by 23 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

ONION, Presiding Judge.

This is an appeal from a conviction for possession of heroin. Punishment, enhanced under the provisions of V.T.C.A., Penal Code, § 12.42(d), was assessed at life imprisonment.

On February 15, 1975, the appellant entered a guilty plea to the primary offense but pled “untrue” to the two prior felony convictions alleged for enhancement of punishment.

Appellant urges three grounds of error. He claims the indictment is fatally defective for failure to allege the designation of the court in which the prior convictions occurred; that the evidence was insufficient to prove…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. American Plant Food Corporation v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1974
  2. Stribling v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1976

3Cited by23 opinions

  1. Hollins v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1978
  2. Cole v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1981
  3. Coleman v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1979
  4. Chavis v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)2005
  5. Teamer v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1977

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