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587 S.W.2d 114

White v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided October 10, 1979

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas · decided 1979-10-10

Cited by 3 later decisions — most recently March 1992

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Decided 1979-10-10

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¶1OPINION ON APPELLANT’S MOTION FOR REHEARING

ODOM, Judge.

¶2This is an appeal from a conviction for burglary of a habitation. Punishment, enhanced by proof of two prior convictions, was assessed at life under V.T.C.A., Penal Code Sec. 12.42(d).

¶3On original submission appellant’s conviction was affirmed in a per curiam opinion. By motion for rehearing appellant raises an issue not considered on original submission. It is pointed out by appellant that one of the prior convictions used for enhancement in this case was declared void by per curiam opinion in Ex parte White, Cause No. 60928, 578 S.W.2d 760 in this Court. We there held that the indictment was fundamentally defective. Although there was no objection to the prior conviction at trial in this case, the fact that the indictment was defective was not an apparent ground for objection because the prior conviction was proven by judgment and sentence without indictment.

¶4We take judicial notice of our judgment in Cause No. 60928 and hold that the conviction therein held void cannot support enhancement of appellant’s punishment in this case. Because the punishment stage in this case was heard by the jury, the entire conviction must be set aside.

¶5Accordingly, the motion for rehearing is granted, the judgment is reversed and the cause is remanded.

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