CADENA v. STATE

No. 47405.

504 S.W.2d 910 (1974)

Francisco CADENA, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

February 6, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Johnny Searls, El Paso (Michael R. Gibson, El Paso, of counsel), for appellant.

Steve W. Simmons, Dist. Atty., William B. Hardie, Jr., Asst. Dist. Atty., El Paso, Jim D. Vollers, State's Atty., and Buddy Stevens, Asst. State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


OPINION

JACKSON, Commissioner.

The conviction was for attempt to commit burglary; the punishment enhanced by the court under Art. 63, Vernon's Ann.P. C., for two prior convictions was life.

No question is raised as to the sufficiency of the evidence, which need not be detailed.

The first ground of error relied on by appellant is that the court erred in permitting evidence before the jury about his prior convictions at his trial on October...

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