Madden v. State

McCLOUD, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal from an aggravated robbery conviction. The jury assessed punishment, enhanced by a prior felony conviction, at imprisonment for 16 years.

On September 1,1979, James N. Porter, a pharmacist at a Page Super Drug Store, approached appellant to help him make a selection at the vitamin counter. Porter showed appellant two or three different vitamins, and as Porter started to walk away, appellant “shoved” a screwdriver up against Porter’s stomach and said, “How about all your Dilaudid.” Porter hit appellant who fell to the floor. A scuffle took place and…