Rodriguez v. State

OPINION

in which KELLER, P.J., and PRICE, WOMACK, KEASLER, HOLCOMB, and COCHRAN, JJ., join.

Appellant pled guilty to escape and providing implements for escape and elected to have a jury determine his sentence. He was sentenced to 10 years for escape and 5 years for providing implements for escape and fined $10,000 for each of the convictions. Appellant appealed the sentence, claiming that evidence of the crimes of others was improperly admitted. The court of appeals held that the trial court did not err in admitting evidence regarding the post-escape crimes of the escapees. Rodriguez v. State,…