Bascom v. State

The appellant was indicted by a grand jury of Montgomery County for the offense of the robbery of a 1972 Ford Pinto automobile, the property of Marcie Burkey. A jury found the appellant guilty and fixed her punishment at ten years in the penitentiary. Judgment and sentence by the trial court were entered accordingly. Appellant's retained trial counsel has been appointed to represent her on this appeal.

The victim in this case was Mrs. Marcie Burkey. She had been having mechanical difficulties with her automobile and on the afternoon of March 6, 1976, she was headed to a service station on the…