Britton v. State

OPINION

CLINTON, Judge.

Appeal follows conviction for the offense of aggravated robbery wherein the jury assessed punishment, enhanced by a prior felony conviction pursuant to V.T.C.A. Penal Code, § 12.42(c), at confinement in the Texas Department of Corrections for fifty years.

Though some five grounds of error are presented, we need not reach each of these contentions. In ground of error number one complaint is made that the trial court erred in overruling appellant’s timely request for a charge on the law of circumstantial evidence. We agree and reverse.

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