Cannon v. State

This is an appeal from a conviction for aggravated robbery in which the punishment assessed was ten years confinement.

In his second ground of error, appellant contends the prosecutor committed reversible error by arguing to the jury a fact not in evidence which was inflammatory and prejudicial. I agree and would reluctantly reverse.

The State’s case against appellant consisted of nothing more than the eyewitness identification of him by the robbery victim. Since appellant had worked for Mr. Cooley approximately one year prior to the robbery, Cooley’s identification of him was perhaps more…