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ROBINSON v. STATE

No. 04-81-00121-CR.

656 S.W.2d 111 (1983)

Thomas Alan ROBINSON, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, San Antonio.

Discretionary Review Refused November 2, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David K. Chapman, San Antonio, for appellant.

Bill White, Dist. Atty., Keith Burris, Susan D. Reed, Douglas C. Young, Linda S. McDonald, Asst. Dist. Attys., San Antonio, for appellee.

Before CADENA, C.J., and BUTTS and DIAL, JJ.

OPINION

BUTTS, Justice.

Appellant was convicted of murder. Tex. Penal Code Ann. § 19.02(a)(1) (Vernon 1974). Finding appellant guilty after a bench trial, the court assessed punishment at fifty (50) years imprisonment.

Asserting nine grounds of error, appellant claims: that the State and the trial court coerced him into waiving his right to a jury trial by making the risk of death the price of asserting the right; that error occurred when the...

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