Franklin v. State

OPINION

ONION, Presiding Judge.

This is an appeal from a conviction for aggravated robbery. The jury, after finding appellant guilty, further found that he had been convicted previously of two felonies. The trial court accordingly sentenced him to life imprisonment as an habitual criminal, V.T.C.A., Penal Code, § 12.42(d).

On July 28, 1977, appellant entered a Houston supermarket dressed in women’s clothing. He went to the stockroom in the back of the store, where he pulled a pistol out of his purse, pointed it at the assistant manager, Cecil Ham, and forced him to accompany appellant to the…