Meno v. State

OPINION

WARREN, Justice.

A jury found appellant guilty of aggravated robbery and assessed punishment at 10 years confinement.

In two grounds of error appellant contends: (1) that the trial court erred in admitting hearsay evidence of a manufacturer’s warning that the pistol could cause serious injury or death; and, (2) that the evidence failed to establish that the weapon used in the commission of the offense was a “deadly weapon” under section 1.07(a)(ll) of the Texas Penal Code.

At approximately 1:00 p.m. on May 12, 1983, the phone lines at the Farmers State Bank in Chappel Hill, Texas, went…