Case Name: Dalton Ivy Armstrong v. State
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1960-11-30
Citations: 170 Tex. Crim. 284
Docket Number: No. 32,478
Parties: Dalton Ivy Armstrong v. State
Judges: 
Reporter: Texas Criminal Reports
Volume: 170
Pages: 284–285

Head Matter:
Dalton Ivy Armstrong v. State
No. 32,478.
November 30, 1960
Marion G. Holt and A. L. Lowery, Nacogdoches, for appellant.
Leon Douglas, State’s Atorney, Austin, for the state.

Opinion:
WOODLEY, Judge.
The appeal is from a conviction for burglary; the punishment being enhanced under Art. 63 P.C. to life.
The indictment charged the offense of burglary of a private residence at night in one count, and ordinary burglary in an other. (These are separate and distinct offenses.) It then alleged "That prior to the commission of the offense of nighttime burglary of a private residence" appellant had been convicted of Robbery by Assault and prior to the commission of that offense had been convicted of Felony Theft.
It is obvious that the state alleged prior convictions to enhance the punishment under the count of the indictment charging burgary of a private residence at night, and that such previous convictions were not alleged to have been prior to the commission of the offense of burglary, and were not alleged for the purpose of enhancing the punishment for the offense of ordinary burglary.
The count of the indictment alleging burglary of a private residence at night was not submitted to the jury. The indictment gave no notice that enhancement was sought on the burglary count.
The case of Rogers v. State, 168 Tex. Cr. Rep. 306, 325 S.W. 2d 697, is controlling and requires reversal.
The judgment is reversed and the cause remanded.