Howard v. State

Deen, Presiding Judge.

Ernest Lee Howard and Dennis Turner were indicted by the grand jury on two counts of armed robbery and two counts of theft by taking for the robberies of two convenience stores. Turner was also indicted on two counts of aggravated assault for threatening and beating the store clerks with a weapon. Turner entered guilty pleas to the charges and testified at Howard’s trial. Howard was tried by a jury and found guilty of the offenses with which he was charged.

1. Appellant filed a pretrial motion to exclude the playing of a videotape which showed Turner committing an armed…