Nelson v. State

OPINION

CORNELIUS, Chief Justice.

Donald Nelson was tried before a jury for aggravated robbery and found guilty. Nelson elected to have the trial court set his punishment, and after Nelson pleaded true to enhancement allegations, the court set his punishment at confinement for life.

Nelson contends on appeal that the trial court erred in two respects: sustaining the prosecutor’s objection to defense counsel’s jury argument about persons of one race being able to identify persons of other races, and allowing evidence of extraneous acts committed by Nelson. We reject these contentions and affirm…