Robinson v. State

OPINION

Appellant was convicted of aggravated kidnapping; the convicting jury found an allegation of a prior felony conviction “true” for purposes of enhancement, V.T. C.A. Penal Code, § 12.42(c), and assessed punishment at 40 years imprisonment. Appellant now complains of the denial of his motion to dismiss for alleged violation of his statutory right to speedy trial, his requested jury instruction on voluntary release at the guilt phase of trial, his motion to quash the enhancement paragraph of the indictment, and of the trial court’s admission of a “pen packet” at the punishment phase of…