Lewis v. State

Appellant-defendant, an indigent here and at nisi prius, was indicted for robbery and convicted therefor with punishment fixed at twenty years imprisonment. The same appointed counsel who represented defendant below represents him on this appeal.

It appears from the evidence that James E. Davis, the robbery victim, operated a small grocery store at a rural site not very far from Troy; that about 6:45 p.m. on Tuesday, November 30, 1974, a male person, later identified as Roy Sims, entered the store, seized a paper sack, and, brandishing a pistol, demanded that Mr. Davis put his money in the…