Thomas v. State

451 S.W.2d 907 (1970)

Walter THOMAS, Jr., Appellant,

v.

The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

No. 41962.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

February 11, 1970.

Stewart Frazier, Dallas, for appellant.

Henry Wade, Dist. Atty., Malcolm Dade, Camille Elliott and James P. Finstrom, Asst. Dist. Attys., Dallas, and Jim D. Vollers, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

OPINION

DOUGLAS, Judge.

The conviction is for robbery by assault; the punishment, ninety-nine years.

This is a companion case with Thornton v. State, 451 S.W.2d 898 and Lampkin v. State, 451 S.W.2d 911.

In the first ground of error, appellant contends that…