Reece v. State

BRADLEY D. JESSON, Chief Justice.

The appellant, Reginald Reece, was convicted of robbery and sentenced as an habitual offender to forty years’ imprisonment. He raises two points on appeal, neither of which has merit. We affirm the trial court.

The State adduced the following proof at trial. Ramona Johnson, a security guard at the Wal-Mart store on State Line Road in Texarkana, followed the appellant into the store when it opened on December 10, 1994. She recognized the appellant because she had caught him shoplifting cigarettes earlier in July and had banned him from the premises.

Once inside,…