WATSON v. STATE

No. 1052-86.

762 S.W.2d 591 (1988)

Jimmie Davis WATSON, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, En Banc.

December 14, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Douglas H. Parks, Dallas, for appellant.

Henry Wade, former Dist. Atty., John Vance, Dist. Atty. and Gilbert P. Howard, Mark Nancarrow and Donald Land, Asst. Dist. Attys., Dallas, Robert Huttash, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

Before the court en banc.


OPINION ON APPELLANT'S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW

ONION, Presiding Judge.

Appellant was convicted by a Dallas County jury of burglary of a habitation. V.T.C.A., Penal Code, § 30.02. Finding the enhancement paragraph in the indictment to be true, the trial court assessed punishment at 25 years' imprisonment.

The Fort Worth Court of Appeals reversed the conviction based on an error in the jury charge. Watson v. State,

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