COVARRUBIAS v. STATE

No. 31773.

334 S.W.2d 187 (1960)

Guillermo COVARRUBIAS, Appellant, v. STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

April 6, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David E. Hume, Eagle Pass, Charles William Tessmer, Dallas (on appeal), for appellant.

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


DICE, Commissioner.

The offense is burglary with a prior conviction for an offense of like character alleged for the purpose of enhancement; the punishment, 12 years.

Appellant filed no exceptions to the indictment in the trial court but on appeal contends that the indictment is fundamentally defective because it did not properly allege the prior conviction. Appellant insists that the indictment failed to describe the prior offense but merely alleged a legal...

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