Stokes v. State

OPINION

Opinion by Justice ROSS.

Johnny Stokes pled not guilty to a charge of aggravated robbery. A jury convicted him and assessed punishment at seventy-five years’ imprisonment and a fine of $10,000.00. Stokes contends an omission from the jury charge, to which he did not object, was so egregious that it requires reversal.

On August 31, 2000, Stokes was released on parole for a 1987 kidnapping conviction. Within seventy days of his release, he committed the aggravated robbery in this case. In the commission of this offense, Stokes pulled Zama Dee Little from her 2000 Ford Explorer, causing her…