Hemphill v. State

SHANNON, Justice.

Appellant Johnny Harvey Hemphill appeals from a judgment for aggravated robbery after a trial to a jury in the district court of Travis County. The jury assessed punishment of confinement for forty-five years in the Texas Department of Corrections.

Appellant called Richard Robinson as a defense witness. Appellant had met Robinson three years previously while in prison. At trial time, appellant and Robinson shared a cell in the Travis County jail.

Robinson testified that it was he, not appellant, who had committed the crime for which appellant was on trial. In response to…