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JOHNSON v. STATE

No. 41773.

435 S.W.2d 512 (1969)

Waddell JOHNSON, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

January 8, 1969.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John W. Overton, Houston, for appellant.

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

OPINION

BELCHER, Judge.

The offense is possession of marihuana with two prior convictions for non-capital felonies alleged for enhancement; the punishment, life.

The sole ground urged as error is that the state failed to prove the finality of the convictions in 1950 and 1962 which were alleged for enhancement.

To support the allegations of the prior convictions, the state introduced from the records of the Texas Department of Corrections...

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