Cooper v. State

OPINION

RONALD L. WALKER, Chief Justice.

Appellant was charged with Aggravated Robbery by assaulting his seventy year old uncle and thereafter driving off in the uncle’s truck. Appellant elected to be sentenced by the trial court which assessed punishment at confinement in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice — Institutional Division for a term of twenty-five (25) years. The lone appellate issue presented for our consideration contends the evidence was legally insufficient to sustain the conviction. More specifically, appellant contends that the State failed to prove that appellant had the…