FLOREZ v. STATE

No. 44702.

479 S.W.2d 683 (1972)

Elroy FLOREZ, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

Rehearing Denied May 24, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fred C. Chandler, Sr., Pecos, for appellant.

Jim D. Vollers, State's Atty., and Robert Huttash, Asst. State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


OPINION

ODOM, Judge.

This appeal is from a conviction on January 26, 1971, for the offense of forgery; the punishment, enhanced under Article 63 Vernon's Ann.P.C., life.

Appellant's sole ground of error on appeal is that the prior convictions alleged for enhancement in the indictment had been previously used in other cases and "they could not be used to enhance the penalty a second time."

The record before us shows that the second paragraph...

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