Spriggs v. State

OPINION ON APPELLANT’S PETITION POR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW

TOM G. DAVIS, Judge.

Appeal is taken from a conviction for aggravated robbery. The jury assessed punishment at 40 years and the Fort Worth Court of Appeals, Second Supreme Judicial District, 640 S.W.2d 781, affirmed the conviction. We granted appellant’s petition for discretionary review in order to determine if the Court of Appeals’ opinion was in conflict with the United States Supreme Court’s decision in Davis v. Alaska, 415 U.S. 308, 94 S.Ct. 1105, 39 L.Ed.2d 347 (1974) and our opinions, i.e., Evans v. State, 519 S.W.2d 868…