Wilkerson v. State

Appellant was convicted of robbery and his punishment assessed by a jury at five years’ imprisonment in the penitentiary. For a reversal of the judgment imposing the punishment fixed by the jury, this appeal is prosecuted.

It is first insisted that the evidence is insufficient to justify conviction. When viewed in the light most favorable to the State, the evidence reflects the following facts: Emerson Driskill, the victim of the alleged robbery, testified that he was employed at the ordnance plant near Camden, and went to town on the afternoon of February 9,1945, to cash his weekly pay check.…