Legal Opinion

Rivas v. State

Texas Court of Appeals, 4th District (San Antonio)

Decided April 28, 1982No. 04-81-00064-CRPublishedCited by 13 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

CLARK, Justice.

This appeal is taken from a jury conviction for aggravated robbery. The weapon used was a gun. The court assessed punishment at five (5) years’ imprisonment.

The record reflects that on the night of June 18, 1977, as the employees of a fast-food restaurant in San Antonio, two women and one man, were locking the doors of the store to leave, a man with a stocking over his head and a gun in his hand approached them and demanded that they give him their wallets. The women gave him their wallets, but the man indicated he did not have one. The man with the stocking then backed…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Harris v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1978
  2. Grice v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1941
  3. William James Rummel v. W. J. Estelle, Jr., Director, Texas Department of Corrections, RespondentCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1978
  4. City of West Lake Hills v. Westwood Legal Defense FundCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1980
  5. Boss v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1972

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3Cited by13 opinions

  1. May v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1984
  2. May v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1983
  3. State v. PerkinsArizona Supreme Court · 1985
  4. Short v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1984
  5. Burnworth v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 12th District (Tyler)1985

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