Waffer v. State

OPINION

JACKSON, Commissioner.

The conviction was by a jury on a plea of not guilty of assault with intent to rob; the punishment was enhanced to life under Art. 63, Vernon’s Ann.P.C.

The sufficiency of the evidence to support the guilty verdict is challenged. Testimony showed that on March 22, 1971, two teenagers parked at Bellwood Lake near Tyler late at night. They were on the back seat of the automobile when another car drove up, three colored males got out, and came to the car occupied by the young couple. Appellant was positively identified on the trial by both the young people as the…