Mays v. State

OPINION

WOODLEY, Presiding Judge.

The offense is robbery with firearms; the punishment, fifty years.

The indictment charged Andrew Harris and Billy Ray Jackson with robbing L. O. Anderton on or about February 14, 1967. Upon his having suggested that his true name was Billy Ray Mays, the court ordered that the indictment and all other papers in the case where the defendant’s name appeared as Billy Ray Jackson be changed to Billy Ray Mays.

Trial was before a jury on a plea of not guilty.

The state did not seek the death penalty and appellant elected to have the jury assess the punishment.

The sole…