BROWNING v. STATE

No. 0245-85.

720 S.W.2d 504 (1986)

Gary Wayne BROWNING, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, En Banc.

September 17, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James K. Johnson, Lawrence B. Mitchell (on appeal only), Dallas, for appellant.

Henry Wade, Dist. Atty. and Michael A. Klein, Asst. Dist. Atty., Dallas, Robert Huttash, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

Before the court en banc.


OPINION ON APPELLANT'S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW

CLINTON, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of burglary of a habitation and after proof of one prior conviction his punishment was assessed at twenty years' confinement. The trial court in its charge on guilt/innocence instructed the jury that, "Our law provides that the act of breaking and entering at nighttime raises a presumption that the act was done with the intent to commit theft. Such presumption...

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