McKinney v. State

OPINION

SEARS, Justice.

This is an appeal from a conviction for the offense of robbery. Appellant was found guilty by a jury and his punishment, enhanced by two prior felony convictions, was assessed at sixty years confinement in the Texas Department of Corrections.

Appellant asserts three points of error. In his first point of error, he contends that the trial court committed reversible error by refusing to allow Appellant to testify on direct examination about his prior felony convictions. We agree with Appellant’s contention and reverse the judgment of the trial court.

When counsel for…