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BURKS v. STATE

No. 865-82.

693 S.W.2d 932 (1985)

Travis BURKS, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, En Banc.

July 24, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald W. Rogers, Jr., Houston, for appellant.

John B. Holmes, Jr., Dist. Atty., & Winston E. Cochran, Jr., & Kris Moore, Asst. Dist. Attys., Houston, Robert Huttash, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

Before the court en banc.

OPINION ON STATE'S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW

ONION, Presiding Judge.

This appeal is from a conviction for forgery by possession. V.T.C.A., Penal Code, § 32.21(a)(1)(C) and (b). Punishment was assessed at life imprisonment upon the jury's finding that appellant had been twice previously convicted of felonies as alleged in the indictment.1 V.T.C.A., Penal Code, § 12.42(d), prior to its 1983 amendment.

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