Court Opinion

ID: 9770872
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-29 16:23:50.757141+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:31:21.486060
License: Public Domain

ON MOTION FOR REHEARING.
MORRISON, Judge.
Relator complains that the indictment is insufficient to charge more than one prior conviction for a felony less than capital which was available for the purpose of enhancement of punishment.
The primary charge in the indictment was for the offense of robbery which offense, in the absence of an allegation that firearms were used, carries a maximum punishment of confinement in the penitentiary for life.
A conviction for burglary was then alleged prior to the commission of said offense of robbery.
Robbery and burglary with intent to commit theft are offenses of the same nature. See Farris v. State, 155 Tex. Cr. R. 261, 233 S.W. 2d 856.
The indictment therefore was sufficient without further allegations to sustain a conviction and a life term under Art. 62, P.C.
Relator’s motion for rehearing is overruled.