Court Opinion

ID: 9681921
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Date Created: 2023-08-24 08:01:14.678238+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:17:36.634370
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ON APPELLANT’S MOTION FOR REHEARING
BELCHER, Judge.
In his pro se motion for rehearing, the appellant raises for the first time the contention that the trial court erred by giving the appellant a longer sentence on retrial than was assessed at the original trial.
On September 4, 1968, the appellant was tried, found guilty, and sentenced to 25 years. On October 4, 1968 the court granted the appellant’s motion for a new trial. At his new trial, the appellant was found guilty, elected in writing for a jury to assess his punishment, and his punishment was assessed by the jury at 35 years.
For reversal, the appellant relies on North Carolina v. Pearce, 395 U.S. 711, 89 S.Ct. 2072, 23 L.Ed.2d 656. The United States Supreme Court in Simpson v. Rice, the companion case to North Carolina v. Pearce, supra, holds that increased sentences on retrial which are the product of the sentencing judge’s retaliatory motives or vindictiveness should not be imposed. In this case the appellant’s increased punishment, in accordance with his request, was assessed by the jury. Branch v. State, Tex.Cr.R., 445 S.W.2d 756. The appellant’s ground of error is overruled.
Next, the appellant raises in his pro se brief filed in the trial court and in this court, but not ruled on in the original opin*483ion, the contention that his courtroom identification by the complaining witness, Homer Miller, was tainted by a pretrial lineup where the appellant was identified by Miller, and the appellant, who was indigent, was “compelled” to he a participant in the lineup without the assistance or presence of counsel and without an intelligent waiver of the right to counsel.
We have examined the record, and the appellant’s contention is not supported. The appellant’s ground of error is overruled.
The appellant’s remaining ground of error was correctly overruled in the original opinion.
The appellant’s motion for a rehearing is overruled.