SANCHEZ v. STATE

No. 58128.

591 S.W.2d 500 (1979)

Pete Bernal SANCHEZ, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, Panel No. 3.

Rehearing Denied January 9, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Samuel H. Bayless, San Antonio, for appellant.

Bill M. White, Dist. Atty., Donald A. Clowe, Lawrence R. Linnartz, Robert Ozer, Asst. Dist. Attys., San Antonio, and Robert Huttash, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

Before ODOM, PHILLIPS and W. C. DAVIS, JJ.


Rehearing En Banc Denied January 9, 1980.

OPINION

PHILLIPS, Judge.

This is an appeal from a conviction for delivery of heroin. Appellant was indicted under the habitual offender statute. Punishment was assessed at life imprisonment.

Appellant contends that reversible error occurred at the guilt-or-innocence stage of the trial when the prosecuting attorney argued to the jury that appellant's prior convictions were evidence of his guilt. We...

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