MARTIN v. STATE

No. 43464.

463 S.W.2d 449 (1971)

Dennis Charles MARTIN, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

February 24, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas D. Prichard, Houston, for appellant.

Carol S. Vance, Dist. Atty., James C. Brough and Erwin G. Ernst, Asst. Dist. Attys., Houston, and Jim D. Vollers, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


OPINION

ONION, Presiding Justice.

This is an appeal from a conviction for murder where the punishment assessed was 30 years.

The sufficiency of the evidence is not challenged and a recital of the facts is deemed unnecessary.

The appellant does, however, contend error was committed when the court permitted the State to introduce at the hearing on punishment two prior felony convictions as part of his "prior criminal record" where there was...

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