Fortenberry v. State

OPINION

ELLIS, Justice.

Appellant, Garcie Cowart Fortenberry, appeals his conviction of the offense of aggravated robbery. TexPenal Code Ann. § 29.03(a)(2) (Vernon 1993). 1 Rejecting his not-guilty plea, the jury found him guilty and the court, finding the enhancement paragraph of the indictment to be true, assessed punishment at forty (40) years confinement in the Institutional Division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. We affirm.

On July 26, 1993, appellant entered a Stop N Go store, walked straight to the rear of the counter where the complainant, Hoa Van Nguyen, was working and…