Hutchins v. State

BELCHER, Judge.

The conviction is for robbery with firearms; the punishment, thirty-five years.

Johnny Jackson testified that he was the night manager of a service station on May 15, 1961, when the appellant, who was wearing a “Jelly-Bean” hat, and a companion entered about 1:20 A.M. and robbed him of $23.95. He further testified that during the transaction appellant’s companion Mendenhall held a pistol on him, and that appellant exhibited a tire tool in a threatening manner; that such actions put him in fear of his life or serious bodily harm, and that the appellant and Mendenhall took the…