Trussell v. State

DICE, Commissioner.

The conviction is for robbery by assault; the punishment, life imprisonment, enhanced under Art. 62, Vernon’s Ann.P.C., by reason of a prior conviction for an offense of like character.

The indictment alleged the primary offense of robbery by assault and two prior convictions for the offenses of robbery.

In his charge the court submitted to the jury the issue of appellant’s guilt of the primary offense and whether he had been previously convicted of one of the prior alleged offenses.

No statement of facts of the evidence adduced upon the trial accompanies the record.

Appellant…