Bolden v. State

489 S.W.2d 300 (1972)

Arthur James BOLDEN, Appellant,

v.

The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

No. 45369.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

December 13, 1972.

Rehearing Denied January 31, 1973.

John Ellis, Dallas, for appellant.

Henry Wade, Dist. Atty., and Wm. T. Westmoreland, Jr., Asst. Dist. Atty., Dallas, and Jim D. Vollers, State's Atty., and Robert A. Huttash, Asst. State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

OPINION

DOUGLAS, Judge.

This is an appeal from a conviction for robbery by assault. The punishment was assessed by the jury at five hundred years.[1]

The sufficiency of the evidence is challenged. Margaret…