Ransom v. State

OPINION

ONION, Presiding Judge.

This appeal is taken from a conviction for robbery by assault. The punishment was assessed at life.

Appellant’s sole contention on appeal is that the trial court erred in admitting evidence of an extraneous offense.

Prior to trial appellant’s counsel, obviously aware of the extraneous offense and the possibility of its admission into evidence, filed a motion in limine to instruct the prosecution not to offer evidence of extraneous offenses until such time as the court had been notified of the State’s intention and had determined the admissibility of such evidence.…