ALEXANDER v. STATE

No. 42827.

456 S.W.2d 120 (1970)

Ollie Bryant ALEXANDER, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

May 13, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bill Cannon, Houston (Court appointed on appeal only), for appellant.

Carl S. Vance, Dist. Atty., Phyllis Bell and Fred Heacock, Asst. Dist. Attys., Houston, and Jim D. Vollers, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


OPINION

BELCHER, Judge.

The offense is felony theft enhanced under Art. 63, Vernon's Ann.P.C.; the punishment, life.

The appellant contends that the two prior felony convictions used to enhance his punishment were void because he was not represented by counsel in violation of Gideon v. Wainwright, 372 U.S. 335, 83 S.Ct. 792, 9 L.Ed.2d 799 and Burgett v. Texas,

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