Trinh v. State

OPINION

H. TOD WEAVER, Justice (Assigned).

Appellant Chau Minh Trinh was convicted by a jury of the offense of aggravated robbery with a deadly weapon, to-wit: a firearm. The jury assessed punishment at 99 years’ confinement in the Institutional Division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice and a fine of $10,000.

Appellant brings three points of error. Under points of error one and two, which are joined for argument, he asserts error by the trial court at the guilt-innocence phase of the trial in admitting evidence of gang membership of a defense alibi witness, which was offered by the…