Thomas v. State

OPINION

CANNON, Justice.

The jury convicted appellant of aggravated robbery by using or exhibiting a deadly weapon, and assessed punishment at forty-five years confinement. Appellant contends that the judgment should be reversed because of ineffective assistance of counsel, the trial court’s parole instructions and the prosecutor’s jury argument. We affirm.

Leroy Jarmon, the State’s only witness, testified that on December 17, 1986, while returning home after purchasing some gasoline, he was hailed by three men. Jar-mon recognized two of the men, as he had seen them around the neighborhood. One…