JACKSON v. STATE

No. 01-98-01136-CR.

11 S.W.3d 336 (1999)

Frederick Jerome JACKSON, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

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

Rehearing Overruled January 20, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tim Weatherly, Galveston, for Appellant.

Michael J. Guarino, Galveston County Courthouse, Criminal Dist. Atty., Joel Hunter Bennett, Asst. Criminal Dist. Atty., Galveston, for State.

Panel consists of Justices COHEN, TAFT, and SMITH.


OPINION

TIM TAFT, Justice.

Charged by indictment with murder, appellant, Frederick Jerome Jackson, was found guilty by a jury of the lesser offense of manslaughter. The court assessed punishment at 30 years in prison, after finding true the enhancement paragraph alleging a prior felony conviction for theft. We consider whether the trial court abused its discretion by allowing remote convictions for aggravated rape and a crime against nature to be used to...

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