King v. State

OPINION

DALLY, Commissioner.

The appellant was convicted of the offense of robbery by assault, and punishment, enhanced under the provisions of Article 62, Vernon’s Ann.P.C., was assessed at imprisonment for life. The sole contention on appeal is that forgery, the prior conviction with which the sentence was enhanced, is not and was not proved to be an offense “of the same nature” as robbery by assault.

Article 62, V.A.P.C., provides:

“If it be shown on the trial of a felony less than capital that the defendant has been before convicted of the same offense, or one of the same nature, the…