Alexander v. State

OPINION

CAYCE, Chief Justice.

Antwain Alexander appeals his conviction and twenty-year sentence for the offense of aggravated robbery with a deadly weapon. The trial was held in “Trial Room B” in the Tarrant County Justice Center, Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas. Judge Harry Hopkins (retired) presided over the trial.

In three points of error, Alexander complains that the existence and operation of “Trial Room B” violates the separation of powers provision of the Texas Constitution; that Judge Hopkins was assigned to conduct the trial in “Trial Room B” in violation of the constitutional…