Brown v. State

OPINION

BAIRD, * Justice.

Appellant was charged in two separate indictments with the offenses of murder and aggravated robbery. A prior felony conviction was alleged in each indictment for the purpose of enhancing the range of punishment. The cases were consolidated into a single trial. The jury acquitted appellant of the murder accusation, but convicted him of aggravated robbery. Following appellant’s plea of true to the enhancement allegation, the trial court assessed punishment at forty years confinement in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice — Institutional Division. Appellant raises…