Wallace v. State

Adams, Judge.

Eric Keith Wallace, Jr., was tried by a jury and convicted of armed robbery, aggravated assault, use of a firearm by a convicted felon, possession of a weapon during the commission of a crime, pointing a pistol at another, carrying a concealed weapon, and carrying a pistol without a license. On appeal he contends the trial court erred by admitting a prior felony conviction in the State’s case-in-chief and by failing to merge pointing a pistol with armed robbery.

Construed in favor of the verdict, the facts show that while Jorge Chavez was washing his car at a carwash, Wallace was…