TWINE v. STATE

No. 44595.

475 S.W.2d 774 (1972)

Larry TWINE, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

February 9, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

G. Stanley Rentz, Waco (Court Appointed), for appellant.

Martin D. Eichelberger, Dist. Atty., Frank M. Fitzpatrick, Kenneth H. Crow and Dick Kettler, Asst. Dist. Attys., Waco, and Jim D. Vollers, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


OPINION

DAVIS, Commissioner.

This is an appeal from a conviction of robbery by firearms, where appellant entered a plea of guilty and punishment was assessed by a jury at fifty years.

Appellant's sole contention is that the Court erred in allowing a witness to testify as to appellant's reputation, when the witness had not heard appellant's reputation discussed prior to the commission of the offense.

Witness Sutton testified that he had heard...

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