PENNOCK v. STATE

No. 01-85-00553-CR.

725 S.W.2d 414 (1987)

Robert Sharpe PENNOCK, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Houston (1st Dist.).

January 29, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Allen C. Isbell, Houston, for appellant.

John B. Holmes, Jr., Harris Co. Dist. Atty., Calvin A. Hartmann, Jim Lindeman, Harris Co. Asst. Dist. Attys., Houston, for appellee.

Before LEVY, DUGGAN and DUNN, JJ.


OPINION

LEVY, Justice.

A jury convicted appellant of burglary of a habitation with the intent to commit theft and assessed punishment at 40 years confinement.

In his sole ground of error, appellant contends that the jury charge is fundamentally defective because it instructs the jury that the law presumes that a person who enters a habitation at night has the intent to commit theft. Appellant did not object to the charge at trial.

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