Miller v. State

DICE, Judge.

Appellant was convicted under Article 1177a, V.A.P.C., of kidnapping for extortion and his punishment assessed at 45 years’ confinement in the penitentiary.

This is a companion case to that of Tyler v. State, (page 46 this volume), 288 S.W. 2d 517, in which we upheld the conviction of one of appellant’s co-defendants for the same offense growing out of the same transactions.

The testimony of the prosecuting witness, Pete Rydolph, is substantially the same as given upon the trial of the Tyler case, a summary of which may be found by reference to our opinion delivered in the case.

Rydol…