Compton v. State

KINKEADE, Justice.

Cedric Compton appeals his conviction by the trial court for aggravated robbery. The court assessed punishment, enhanced by a prior conviction, at fifteen years confinement. In his sole point of error, Compton claims that the evidence was insufficient to prove that the broken bottle alleged in the indictment was a deadly weapon. We disagree and affirm the judgment.

The evidence, although disputed, shows that Compton entered a Diamond Shamrock service station, where he had applied for work one or two weeks earlier, and took some beer without paying. Compton returned to the…