Murphy v. State

OPINION ON THE STATE’S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW

ONION, Presiding Judge.

The jury found appellant guilty of aggravated robbery and assessed punishment at fifty (50) years’ confinement and a fine of $5,000.00. The conviction was reversed by the Dallas Court of Appeals in an unpublished per curiam opinion. We granted the State’s petition for discretionary review in order to review the said Court of Appeals’ holding that the trial court erred in overruling the appellant’s written objection and refusing to submit to the jury a requested instruction pursuant to Article 38.23, V.A.C. C.P.,…