Jones v. State

OPINION ON STATE’S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW

in which BAIRD, OVERSTREET, PRICE and WOMACK, Judges, joined.

A jury convicted appellant of the robbery of Michelle Yancey. Tex. Penal Code ANN. § 30.02(a). Having found both of the enhancement allegations to be true, the jury assessed appellant’s punishment at confinement for 99 years. Appellant appealed his conviction to the First Court of Appeals.

The First Court of Appeals reversed appellant’s conviction and remanded the case for a new trial. Jones v. State, 962 S.W.2d 96 (Tex.App. — Houston [1st Dist.] 1997). The State petitioned this…