Mayberry v. State

OPINION

KAPLAN, Justice.

A jury convicted Marcus Dewayne May-berry of aggravated robbery. The trial court assessed punishment, enhanced by a prior felony conviction, at sixty years’ confinement. In three points of error, appellant complains of an improper jury argument and an illegal inventory search of his vehicle. We sustain the first point of error concerning improper jury argument. The remaining points are overruled. We reverse the trial court’s judgment and remand this cause for a new trial.

BACKGROUND FACTS

Alan Jackson, a bus driver for the Dallas Area Rapid Transit Company, testified that…