Elkins v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
CLINTON, Judge.
Appeal is taken from a conviction for aggravated robbery in which the jury assessed the punishment at 99 years confinement.
The State swiftly and easily established appellant entered an E-Z Mart grocery in Texarkana on January 10, 1979, just past midnight; after diverting the attention of the lone attendant, Cathy Denton, by asking for a pack of “Cools [sic];” he proceeded to relieve her of all the money contained in the cash register — some $130.00 — at gunpoint and, after instructing Denton to lie on the floor, fled, apparently on foot. At trial, Denton positively…
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