PARISH v. STATE

No. 49652.

523 S.W.2d 665 (1975)

Cecil Lewis PARISH, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

Rehearing Denied June 25, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry Louis Zimmermann, Dallas, for appellant.

Henry Wade, Dist. Atty., Gary Love and Jay Ethington, Asst. Dist. Attys., Dallas, Jim D. Vollers, State's Atty., David S. McAngus, Asst. State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


OPINION

BROWN, Commissioner.

The conviction is for burglary; the punishment, assessed by the jury, eight and one-half years' imprisonment.

Joyce Coleman returned home at approximately 7:15 P.M. and saw appellant standing on her front porch and a Chevrolet parked in her driveway. As she parked her car behind the Chevrolet, appellant ran. Mrs. Coleman found that the front door lock on her house had been broken, and a television set, rifle, shotgun...

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