Dennis v. State

HOLCOMB, Justice.

The jury found Christopher Dennis guilty of aggravated robbery, and the court assessed his punishment at forty years in prison. In his first four points of error, Dennis contends that the trial court erred when it: (1) failed to properly apply the law of parties; (2) allowed the State to use a peremptory strike in a racially discriminatory manner; (3) admitted a video tape into evidence that showed him restrained in handcuffs; and (4) allowed him to be impeached with statements that he had previously made during a plea in federal court. Dennis also challenges the sufficiency…