RANSOM v. STATE

No. 47054.

503 S.W.2d 810 (1974)

Robert Earl RANSOM, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

Rehearing Denied February 6, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles Giddens (counsel on appeal only) Dallas, for appellant.

Henry Wade, Dist. Atty., and W. T. Westmoreland, Jr., Asst. Dist. Atty., Dallas, Jim D. Vollers, State's Atty., and Buddy Stevens, Asst. State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


OPINION

ONION, Presiding Judge.

This appeal is taken from a conviction for robbery by assault. The punishment was assessed at life.

Appellant's sole contention on appeal is that the trial court erred in admitting evidence of an extraneous offense.

Prior to trial appellant's counsel, obviously aware of the extraneous offense and the possibility of its admission into evidence, filed a motion in limine to instruct the prosecution not to offer...

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