Green v. State

OPINION

ODOM, Judge.

This is an appeal from a conviction for the offense of robbery with firearms. The state filed its intention not to seek the death penalty. The punishment assessed by a jury was 40 years.

The record reflects that late on the evening of September 3, 1968, David Anderson, an employee of a 7-11 Grocery Store in Dallas, who was alone in the store, was “counting the money and getting ready to close out,” when appellant and another man entered the store, produced pistols, and demanded money. Anderson was forced to open the safe while a pistol was held to his head. After rifling the…