PITTS v. STATE

Nos. 56361, 56362.

560 S.W.2d 691 (1978)

Norman Dean PITTS, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, Panel No. 1.

January 25, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Terrence A. Gaiser, Houston, for appellant.

Carol S. Vance, Dist. Atty., William W. Burge and Gerard W. Guerinot, Asst. Dist. Attys., Houston, for the State.

Before THOMAS G. DAVIS, DALLY and W. C. DAVIS, JJ.


OPINION

DALLY, Judge.

These are appeals from convictions for burglary. Trial was before the court on pleas of guilty. The punishment is imprisonment for 10 years in each case.

In three related grounds of error the appellant contends that the court erred in eliciting testimony from appellant concerning previous arrests including arrests occurring when the appellant was a juvenile. It is urged that the court's inquiry was in contravention of Art. 37...

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