White v. State

OPINION ON APPELLANT’S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW

A jury convicted appellant of the offense of aggravated robbery. See TEX-PENAL CODE ANN. § 29.03. The trial court found both of the enhancement allegations against appellant to be true, and assessed his punishment at 65 years’ confinement in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional Division. See § 12.42(d). Appellant pursued an appeal of his conviction and sentence. The Court of Appeals affirmed his conviction. White v. State, 874 S.W.2d 229 (Tex.App.— Houston [14th Dist.] 1994).

In that appeal, appellant argued the trial…