Collins v. State

OPINION

ELLIS, Justice.

Appellant, John Fitzgerald Collins, appeals his judgment of conviction for the offense of aggravated robbery, Tex.Penal Code Ann. § 29.03 (Vernon 1989). The jury rejected appellant’s not guilty plea and assessed punishment at twenty years confinement in the Institutional Division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. We affirm.

Appellant and Lavada Gilder had been living together for eight months proceeding the incident. The relationship had terminated and appellant had been in the process of moving out for three or four days. At noon on May 13, 1988, appellant and…