Legal Opinion
Billy Wayne Wilson v. State
Texas Court of Appeals, 10th District (Waco)
Decided July 9, 2008No. 10-07-00171-CRPublished
1Opinion of the Court
IN THE
TENTH COURT OF APPEALS
No. 10-07-00171-CR
Billy Wayne Wilson,
Appellant
v.
The State of Texas,
Appellee
From the 54th District Court
McLennan County, Texas
Trial Court No. 2006-606-C2
Opinion
A jury convicted Billy Wayne Wilson of robbery, and, after he pleaded true to an enhancement allegation, assessed his punishment at thirty years’ imprisonment and a $5,000 fine. Wilson contends in three issues that the court erred by: (1) failing to suppress an in-field showup; (2) instructing the jurors in the punishment charge that they could not consider sympathy in their deliberations; and (3) allowing…
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