Redd v. State

452 S.W.2d 919 (1969)

Ronald Jim REDD, Appellant,

v.

The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

No. 42380.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

November 26, 1969.

Rehearing Denied April 22, 1970.

Pat McDowell, Dallas, for appellant.

Henry Wade, Dist. Atty., John Tolle, Camille Elliott and James P. Finstrom, Asst. Dist. Attys., Dallas, and Jim D. Vollers, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

OPINION

MORRISON, Judge.

The offense is assault with intent to murder; the punishment, twenty-five years.

Appellant's first ground of error relates to the introduction of the evidence, at the punishment stage of the trial, of prior…