Reed v. State

OPINION

ONION, Presiding Judge.

This appeal arises out of a conviction for robbery by assault wherein the punishment, enhanced under Article 62, Vernon’s Ann.P.C., was assessed at life by the court following a verdict of guilty.

The sufficiency of the evidence is not challenged. Suffice it to say the record reveals that appellant took $1,287.00 from Leonard Schwartz on March 30, 1972. When appellant appeared at Schwartz’s place of business, he produced a pistol and made several threats which Schwartz testified placed him in fear of his life. Appellant was apprehended after a brief chase, and the…