Roberson v. State

OPINION

ONION, Presiding Judge.

This is an appeal from a conviction of aggravated robbery. The punishment, enhanced by a prior conviction, was assessed by the jury at fifty (50) years.

In two grounds of error appellant contends that the trial court committed reversible error in denying his motion to shuffle the names of the jury panel and in refusing to grant a mistrial after a State’s witness took from the courtroom a weapon already admitted into evidence in order to conduct ballistic tests.

Appellant first challenges the trial court’s refusal to shuffle the names of the jury panel. While the…