Steward v. State

OPINION

ONION, Judge.

The offense is Robbery by Assault; the punishment, enhanced under the provisions of Article 62, Vernon’s Ann.P.C., life.

On May 3, 1966, the appellant committed the robbery of a drive-in grocery and market in Arlington, Texas. At pistol point he caused the owner and an employee of the store to empty the money from two cash registers into a paper sack. A traffic patrolman, alerted by a passer-by, entered the store during the robbery unobserved by the appellant. As the appellant was leaving the store the officer called to him to stop. The appellant then turned and fired at…