Buster v. State

OPINION

ODOM, Judge.

This appeal is from a conviction for the offense of robbery; the punishment was assessed by the court at twenty-five years.

Appellant’s two grounds of error are: (1) that the trial court erred in admitting testimony concerning an extraneous offense, and (2) in not charging the jury on lesser included offense.

Willie Coleman testified that he and his cousin, Virgie Mae Coleman, were walking along the street in the vicinity of 4th and Dallas Streets, in Dallas, at approximately 9:30 P.M. on December 20, 1968, when they encountered four males standing outside a car. One of them…