Legal Opinion
Bilbrey v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided January 23, 1980No. 58476PublishedCited by 72 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
DOUGLAS, Judge.
Bilbrey was convicted of aggravated robbery. Upon a finding of “true” by the jury to allegations of two prior convictions, punishment was assessed at life under V.T.C.A., Penal Code, Section 12.42(d).
Appellant now contends that the testimony of his accomplice, Dennis Wichmann, was not corroborated sufficiently to support the verdict.
Jess McBride, manager of Guy’s Cut Rate Drive-In, testified that, after Wich-mann had robbed him and co-workers at gunpoint and had taken a paper bag with the proceeds of the robbery to Bradford Ficke’s Volvo automobile, he took a pistol and…
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