O'CONNER v. STATE

No. 39496.

401 S.W.2d 237 (1966)

Timothy A. O'CONNER, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

April 13, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard W. Vaughan, Houston (Court Appointed on Appeal Only), for appellant.

Carol S. Vance, Dist. Atty., James C. Brough and Frank Price, Asst. Dist. Attys., Houston, and Leon B. Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


DICE, Commissioner.

Appellant was convicted under Art. 725b, Vernon's Ann.P.C., as a second offender, of the offense of unlawful possession of heroin and his punishment was assessed at confinement in the penitentiary for fourteen years.

Trial was before the court—a jury being waived—upon appellant's plea of guilty to the indictment.

At the trial, a prior alleged felony conviction of the appellant for violation of the Uniform Narcotic...

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