Davis v. State

321 S.W.2d 873 (1959)

Richard Thelton DAVIS, Appellant,

v.

STATE of Texas, Appellee.

No. 30488.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

March 18, 1959.

Pat Dwyer, George Rodriguez, El Paso, for appellant.

William E. Clayton, Dist. Atty., Edwin F. Berliner, Asst. Dist. Atty., El Paso, and Leon B. Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

WOODLEY, Judge.

The indictment charged the offense of robbery of R. C. Craig by assault and violence, and in a separate count alleged the burglary with intent to commit theft of a house belonging to R. C. Craig.

Both counts contained further allegations of two prior…