RUSHING v. STATE

No. 52900.

546 S.W.2d 610 (1977)

Edgar Lewis RUSHING, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

Rehearing Denied March 1, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kerry P. Fitzgerald, Dallas, for appellant.

Henry Wade, Dist. Atty., William M. Lamb, James G. Walker, Winfield W. Scott, Asst. Dist. Attys., Dallas, Jim D. Vollers, State's Atty., and David S. McAngus, Asst. State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


OPINION

DAVIS, Commissioner.

Appeal is taken from a conviction for robbery. Punishment, enhanced under the provisions of V.T.C.A. Penal Code, Sec. 12.42(b), was assessed at twenty-five years.

At the outset, appellant contends, "The trial court committed fundamental error in not excluding the in-court identification testimony of the witness, Roger Melton, as said testimony was tainted by the impermissibly suggestive trial confrontation so as to give...

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