Carballo v. State

OPINION

LAURA CARTER HIGLEY, Justice.

The jury found appellant, Leeroy Cesar Carballo, guilty of aggravated robbery.1 After finding one enhancement allegation to be true, the jury assessed punishment at 40 years in prison.

In four issues, appellant complains that (1) he received ineffective assistance of counsel during the punishment phase; (2) “the trial court erred by not sua sponte permitting appellant to testify to his version of events and by refusing to permit appellant to read his statement about the events for which he was standing trial”; (3) “the trial court erred in denying…