Gibson v. State

OPINION

CORNELIUS, Chief Justice.

Dennis Gibson was convicted of burglary of a habitation and assessed punishment at life imprisonment. The case was tried together with a charge of aggravated robbery. The conviction in the aggravated robbery case is the subject of an appeal in this court numbered 06-93-00029-CR.

In this appeal, Gibson first argues that the trial court erred in refusing to give his requested charge to the jury that evidence admitted to prove one of the charges could not be used to prove the other charge. The requested charge was:

You are instructed that the defendant stands before…