Haywood v. State

OPINION

GREEN, Commissioner.

Appellant was convicted, in a trial before a jury, of robbery by assault. He received the mandatory life sentence pursuant to the enhancement statute Art. 62, Vernon’s Ann.P.C.

At the outset, we observe that the appellant challenged in his seventh ground of error the sufficiency of the evidence to sustain the conviction.

The record reflects that on the night of December 16, 1972, at approximately 11:00 p. m., John Reyes, employee in charge at the time of the Billups Service Station No. 1 on the Bastrop Highway, was held up by a lone robber who had pulled into the…