Rodgers v. State

OPINION

LATTIMORE, Justice.

Appellant, Ricky Lynn Rodgers, was convicted by a jury of the offense of aggravated robbery with a deadly weapon. See TEX.PENAL CODE ANN. sec. 29.03 (Vernon 1974). Appellant pled not guilty. Punishment, enhanced by one prior felony wherein appellant received shock probation, was assessed by the jury at fifty years confinement in the Texas Department of Corrections. Appellant raises six points of error alleging failure to grant a speedy trial; insufficient evidence to support the conviction; error in allowing into evidence an impermissibly suggestive photospread;…