Legal Opinion
Williams v. State
Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)
Decided November 18, 1998No. 14-96-00871-CRPublishedCited by 52 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
MURPHY, Chief Justice.
Appellant, Bernard Columbus Williams, entered a plea of not guilty to the offense of aggravated robbery. See TEX. PENAL CODE ANN. § 29.03(a)(2) (Vernon 1994). He was convicted and the jury assessed punishment, enhanced under TEX. PENAL CODE ANN. § 12.42(c)(1) (Vernon Supp. 1998), at life imprisonment in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice-Institutional Division. In five points of error, appellant challenges his conviction and sentence. We affirm.
I. Background
On January 25, 1994, appellant entered a watch and jewelry store and requested to view various pieces…
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