Simpson, Mark Twain

Newell, J.,-

delivered the opinion of the Court

in which Keller, P.J., Johnson, Keasler, Hervey, Alcala, Richardson, and Yeary, JJ., joined.

Mark Twain Simpson entered an open plea of guilty to second-degree felony robbery and true to an enhancement provision alleging one prior conviction for aggravated robbery. The trial court found Simpson guilty, and, after finding the allegations in the enhancement paragraph true, sentenced him to twenty-five years’ confinement. Simpson filed a motion for new trial, alleging that his sentence constituted a grossly, disproportionate punishment. The trial…