Robinson v. State

OPINION

MORRISON, Judge.

The offense is robbery; the punishment, set by the court, twenty (20) years.

Appellant raises two grounds of error on this appeal. The sufficiency of the evidence is not challenged.

The evidence established that on December 31, 1971, appellant and his co-defendant, Griffin Davis, entered a Dallas liquor store owned by two brothers, William Henry and Lois Sinclair. During the course of the robbery, co-defendant Davis forced Lois Sinclair to go to the back of the store and sack up the money, while holding a pistol on him. Appellant was at this time holding pistols on…