MELANCON v. STATE

No. 35602.

367 S.W.2d 690 (1963)

Roy Allen MELANCON, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

May 8, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louis Dugas, Jr., Hugh O. Lea, Orange, for appellant.

James A. Morris, Dist. Atty., Roy Wingate, Asst. Dist. Atty., Orange, and Leon B. Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


WOODLEY, Presiding Judge.

This appeal is from a conviction for burglary of a private residence at night, with intent by force to have carnal knowledge of a named female therein without her consent.

A prior conviction for burglary in the same court in 1960 and a conviction on December 3, 1956, in the District Court of Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana, were alleged for enhancement of punishment.

The jury found appellant guilty of the primary offense and found...

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