SPARKMAN v. STATE

No. 57181.

580 S.W.2d 358 (1979)

Joe Allen SPARKMAN, Appellant, v The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, Panel No. 3.

May 2, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bertrand C. Moser, Houston, for appellant.

Carol S. Vance, Dist. Atty., Calvin A. Hartmann, and Frank Harmon, Asst. Dist. Attys., Houston, Robert Huttash, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

Before DALLY, W. C. DAVIS and CLINTON, JJ.


OPINION

CLINTON, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of the offense of aggravated rape. Sentence was assessed at fifty years. Appellant's counsel filed a brief raising one`ground of error.

The contention is that the trial court erred by allowing testimony at the punishment stage of the trial concerning appellant's reputation for being peaceful and law-abiding. In 1969 appellant was convicted of robbery. However, that conviction was set aside in federal...

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