Smith v. State

OPINION

ROBERTS, Judge.

This is an appeal from a conviction for robbery by assault; the jury assessed the punishment at 30 years.

The evidence, viewed most favorably to the jury’s verdict, reflects that at approximately 4:30 p. m., on the afternoon of February 4, 1969 two men robbed Joe Shaffer, owner and manager of Redmond Terrace Drugs in College Station. The two men came in the store briefly and looked at some merchandise. A few minutes later they returned and one of them laid a gun on the counter and reached over and started getting the money out of the cash register, stuffing the money in…