Page v. State

OPINION

MORRISON, Judge.

The offense is robbery by assault; the punishment upon a plea of guilty, 75 years.

Appellant’s first ground of error is that the court erred in permitting the prosecutor to ask the appellant a certain question at the hearing on punishment. On direct examination, appellant testified that in 1964 and 1967 he was convicted for forgery, in 196S for making a false statement to obtain benefits under the Texas Unemployment Compensation Act, and in 1971 for passing as true a forged instrument. He further stated that before going to the “penitentiary” he had never been convicted…