Baker v. State

OPINION ON RECONSIDERATION ON PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW

BURDOCK, Justice.

Vincent Lee Baker brings this appeal from his conviction for aggravated robbery. See TEX.PENAL CODE ANN. sec. 29.03(a)(1) (Vernon 1974). A jury found the appellant guilty and assessed his punishment at sixty years confinement in the Texas Department of Corrections.

We affirm.

On August 27, 1986, the appellant entered the office of Dr. Spurgeon Lawrence, a local dentist. The appellant attacked Dr. Lawrence and Dr. Lawrence’s wife, who was working there as a receptionist. After he had severely beaten Dr. Lawrence, he…