Pennington v. State

BELCHER, Judge.

The conviction is for robbery by assault; the punishment, thirty years.

This case has been to this court twice before on appeal and is reported in 169 Texas Cr. Rep. 183, 332 S.W. 2d 569 and 171 Texas Cr. Rep. 130, 345 S.W. 2d 527.

The disposition of this appeal makes a summary of the facts unnecessary.

By appellant’s bystanders bill, he complains of a statement made by state’s counsel during his voir dire examination of the jury panel which was as follows: “I don’t want to have to try this case again. It has already cost the state ten thousand dollars ($10,000).” To this…