Young v. State

OPINION

JORDAN, Justice.

Appellant was convicted of the offense of aggravated robbery and assessed 75 years confinement in the Texas Department of Corrections by the jury.

His appeal is on five grounds of error.

We affirm.

Johnnie Wheeler, who owned and operated a Phillips ’66 service station in Wichita Falls, Texas, on June 9, 1978, was viciously beaten, stabbed in the abdomen and robbed of a large sum of money. Appellant and a male companion were arrested, indicted for and convicted of this robbery by a jury.

After the guilt-innocence phase of the trial, the State, at the punishment phase,…