Case Name: Marvin Leroy White v. State
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1961-12-06
Citations: 171 Tex. Crim. 683
Docket Number: No. 33,928
Parties: Marvin Leroy White v. State
Judges: 
Reporter: Texas Criminal Reports
Volume: 171
Pages: 683–685

Head Matter:
Marvin Leroy White v. State
No. 33,928.
December 6, 1961
State’s Motion for Rehearing Overruled January 24, 1962
No attorney for appellant of record on appeal.
Frank J. Baughman, District Attorney, Amarillo, and Leon Douglas, State’s Attorney, Austin, for the state.

Opinion:
BELCHER, Judge.
The appellant was convicted under an indictment charging burglary, with two prior convictions for felonies less than capital alleged for the purpose of enhancement; the punishment, life imprisonment.
The evidence is sufficient to show the primary offense of burglary.
To prove the two prior convictions alleged for enhancement, the state introduced a certified copy of the judgment in each of said causes. It further proved that the appellant was the same person named in each of the judgments'.
The appellant did not testify or offer any evidence.
There is no evidence in the record showing that sentence was pronounced upon the appellant in the prior convictions alleged. The pronouncement of sentence upon the defendant in all felony cases less than capital is essential to a final judgment of conviction. In the absence of any evidence showing a final conviction of the appellant in the two prior convictions alleged for enhancement, the evidence is insufficient to support the conviction. Art. 767, C.C.P.; 5 Tex. Jur. 2d 169, Sec. 110; 16 Tex. Jur. 2d 570, Sec. 372.
The judgment is reversed and the cause remanded.
Opinion approved by the Court.