Cavazos v. State

OPINION ON STATE’S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW

WHITE, Judge.

Appellant pled guilty before a jury and was convicted of aggravated robbery; the jury assessed his punishment at ten years’ confinement in the Texas Department of Corrections and did not recommend probation. The Court of Appeals reversed and *282remanded the conviction. Cavazos v. State, 703 S.W.2d 710 (Tex.App.—13th Dist., 1985).

At the punishment hearing following appellant’s plea of guilty, evidence was introduced by the State to prove that appellant robbed the attendant of a convenience store at gunpoint. The appellant took the…