Haliburton v. State

OPINION

W. C. DAVIS, Judge.

A joint trial of two separate aggravated robbery indictments arising from the same criminal episode resulted in the conviction of appellant in both cases. The jury assessed punishment at thirty years confinement in each case. Appellant complains that the trial court improperly instructed the jury during the punishment phase that the sentences on both charges would run concurrently. V.T.C.A. Penal Code, Sec. 3.03. We affirm.

Following his convictions in the “guilt-innocence” phase of the trial, appellant elected to go the jury for punishment. While deliberating…