Green v. State

OPINION ON APPELLANT’S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW

CLINTON, Judge.

We granted petition for discretionary review to assess the propriety of an argu ment made at the punishment phase of trial. Appellant was convicted of aggravated robbery; punishment was assessed at 50 years in the Texas Department of Corrections and a $5,800 fine. No prior convictions were introduced into evidence at the punishment phase of the trial; the State’s evidence consisted of three witnesses testifying to appellant’s reputation.

The prosecutor argued:

“We got Tommy Barnes. He works on the robbery detail.…