Jackson v. State

OPINION

DOUGLAS, Judge.

This is an appeal from a conviction of robbery by firearms. A jury found appellant guilty; the trial court assessed punishment at twenty-five years.

On May 15, 1973, Zacarías Jiminez, a Mexican national, was working for the Rice Tilleys and lived in a small house on their property at Eagle Mountain Lake.

The sufficiency of the evidence is not challenged. Jiminez testified through an interpreter that he was awakened on the night of May 15, 1973 by a knock on the door. He turned on a lamp, went to 'the door and saw two men, one of whom he later identified as appellant. He…