Kendric Johnson v. State

OPINION

WILLIAM J. BOYCE, Justice.

A jury convicted appellant Kendric Johnson of bail jumping and failure to appear, and assessed his punishment at 16 years in prison. 1 Appellant challenges his conviction based on (1) sufficiency of the evidence; (2) jury charge error; and (3) improper jury argument. We affirm.

Background

Appellant was charged with aggravated robbery, arrested, and later released on bail on October 7, 2010. He appeared in court on October 8, and his court date was reset several times so he could hire an attorney. Appellant returned to court on October 29 and November 5. He…