BLANKENSHIP v. STATE

No. 41530.

432 S.W.2d 945 (1968)

James Aaron BLANKENSHIP, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

October 30, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James H. Martin, Dallas, for appellant.

Henry Wade, Dist. Atty., Scott Bradley, David Johnson, Kerry P. FitzGerald, Malcolm Dade, and Camille Elliott, Asst. Dist. Attys., Dallas, and Leon B. Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


OPINION

DICE, Judge.

The conviction is for burglary; the punishment enhanced under Art. 63, P.C., by reason of two prior convictions for felonies less than capital, life imprisonment.

Appellant made no defense to the charge of burglary alleged in the indictment but raised only the issue of his present insanity.

The issue was first determined at a preliminary hearing in advance of trial on the merits, which resulted in a jury verdict finding...

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