Triston Young v. State

OPINION

EVELYN V. KEYES, Justice.

A jury convicted appellant, Tristón Young, of aggravated robbery and assessed punishment at twenty-five years’ confinement. 1 In his sole issue on appeal, appellant contends that the trial court erroneously refused to instruct the jury on the lesser-included offense of robbery.

We affirm.

Background

On September 4, 2011, Dennis Martinez, Bores Dominguez, and Jose Melendez, the complainant, were talking outside of Melendez’s apartment at the Waterford Park Apartments in southwest Houston when a group of four or five men walked up to them. One of the men pointed a…