(Download) "Bunton V. State" by Third District, at Austin Texas Court of Appeals ~ eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Bunton V. State
- Author : Third District, at Austin Texas Court of Appeals
- Release Date : January 13, 2004
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 65 KB
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Appellant appeals his state jail felony conviction for evading arrest by use of a vehicle. See Tex. Pen. Code Ann. § 38.04(b)(1) (West 2003). The alleged offense became an aggravated state jail felony under section 12.35(c)(1) by allegation, proof, and an affirmative finding by the jury of the use of a deadly weapon, a motor vehicle, during the commission of the offense. See Tex. Pen. Code Ann. § 12.35(c)(1) (West 2003). Upon subsequent proof of the two prior felony convictions alleged for enhancement of punishment, the trial court submitted to the jury the range of punishment under section 12.42(d) of the Texas Penal Code, the habitual criminal statute.*fn2 The jury assessed punishment at thirty years' imprisonment.