Rogers v. State

774 S.W.2d 247 (1989)

Patrick F. ROGERS, Appellant,

v.

The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

No. 69598.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, En Banc.

May 3, 1989.

Rehearing Denied June 7, 1989.

David W. Holmes, Paris, for appellant.

Tom D. Wells, Dist. Atty., Paris, Robert Huttash, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

Before the court en banc.

OPINION

TEAGUE, Judge.

On September 21, 1985, Patrick F. Rogers (henceforth "appellant") and Willis Cooper, a companion, left Oklahoma, drove across the border to Paris, Texas, and robbed two women at gunpoint in Braum's store. A short time later, while still driving around…