Collins v. State

OPINION

ROBERTS, Judge.

The appellant was convicted by a jury of aggravated robbery and aggravated rape. Punishment in the robbery case was assessed at confinement for fifty years, and in the rape case at confinement for life.

The appellant does not challenge the sufficiency of the evidence. In his second ground of error, he contends that the trial court erred in denying him the opportunity to present evidence to the jury in support of his plea of former jeopardy.

The appellant’s first trial on these two offenses ended in a mistrial. Before his second trial began, the appellant presented to the…