Alford v. State

OPINION ON APPELLANT’S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW

MALONEY, Judge.

Appellant was convicted by a jury of the offense of aggravated robbery and sentenced to fifty years’ confinement. Appellant’s conviction was affirmed by the Fifth District Court of Appeals. Alford v. State, 806 S.W.2d 581 (Tex.App.-Dallas 1991). We granted appellant’s petition for discretionary review, pursuant to Tex.R.App.P. 200(c)(2), to address whether the Court of Appeals erred in holding that the trial court, by placing on appellant the burden of proving the affirmative defense of duress, did not violate due *621process…