MARTINEZ v. STATE

No. 61547.

588 S.W.2d 954 (1979)

Jesus Ovalles MARTINEZ, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, Panel No. 2.

November 7, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Martin Underwood, court appointed, Comstock, Roy E. Greenwood, Austin, for appellant.

Thomas F. Lee, Dist. Atty., Del Rio, Robert Huttash, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

Before ODOM, TOM G. DAVIS and CLINTON, JJ.


OPINION

CLINTON, Judge.

This is an appeal from a conviction for the offense of burglary of a habitation wherein the jury assessed appellant's punishment, enhanced by one prior felony conviction, at confinement in the Texas Department of Corrections for a term of twenty years.

At the outset appellant contends that the trial court erred in denying him an opportunity to voir dire the jury panel on the full range of punishment in that the trial court...

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