Simmons v. State

OPINION

TEAGUE, Judge.

This is an appeal from a conviction for the offense of robbery, 1 enhanced by a single prior conviction. The jury assessed punishment at 20 years confinement in the penitentiary.

In his first ground of error, Appellant complains of the use before the jury of State’s Exhibit No. 1, a pocket knife. 2 This exhibit knife was later shown to be the prosecutor’s own personal knife. Although the exhibit knife was shown to the complainant when he testified, it was never actually introduced in evidence. However, its use before the jury was tantamount to it having been introduced in…