Young v. State

OPINION

FENDER, Chief Justice.

Appellant, Johnny Otis Young, appeals from a jury conviction for aggravated robbery. See TEX.PENAL CODE ANN. sec. 29.03 (Vernon 1974). Punishment, enhanced by two prior felony convictions, was assessed by the jury at life imprisonment in the Texas Department of Corrections.

We reverse and remand in accordance with TEX.CODE CRIM.PROC.ANN. art. 44.29(b) (Vernon Supp.1988).

Appellant was initially indicted on October 23,1986, for the offense of aggravated robbery. On August 21, 1986, the trial court appointed Eugene Grant to defend appellant who was indigent. A…