Marshburn v. State

OPINION

ODOM, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of the offenses of attempted escape and robbery by assault. Punishment was assessed by the jury at 15 years for attempted escape and at 500 years for robbery by assault.

Because of our disposition of the case, no discussion of the facts in either cause is necessary. Appellant was tried jointly and concurrently with several co-defendants for robbery by assault and attempted escape.

Appellant complains that the prosecutor’s argument to the jury at the close of the punishment stage of the trial was manifestly improper because it invited the jury to apply…