Thrash v. State

OPINION

DOUGLAS, Judge.

This is an appeal from a conviction for the offense of robbery. After a guilty verdict by the jury, the court assessed the punishment at twenty-five years.

The sufficiency of the evidence is not challenged.

The appellant contends that the court erred in refusing to let him impeach one of the State’s witnesses; that a prior conviction used at the penalty stage of the trial was void; and,- that the court erred by instructing the jury in the correct procedure to have the testimony of a witness repeated.

The record reflects that shortly after 9:00 p. m. on January 2, 1970, the…