“The jury sent a clear, swift message to anyone considering committing a violent crime at any place in this county,” Smith said. “They also told law enforcement with their verdict that the people of the community will back them with their verdicts. We are happy with the result.”

Robinson’s attorney, Sam Martinez, declined comment after trial.

Robinson, who worked 10 years for a construction maintenance company, committed a robbery as a juvenile when he was 16 and has a misdemeanor conviction for theft, two for possession of marijuana, two for evading police and one for failure to ID. At the time of the smoke shop robberies, he was serving eight years deferred probation for possession of 11 grams of methamphetamine from Bosque County.

He pleaded guilty to charging into Tee’s Smoke Shop, wearing a mask and pointing a pistol at owner Talal Safi. Store video captured the incident. It shows Safi pulling a pistol and firing shots at the retreating Robinson.

Robinson was shot twice in the stomach and once in the left arm. He was taken to a hospital by an acquaintance of his who was pulling into the store parking lot as the incident played out.