Cruz v. State

WOODLEY, Presiding Judge.

The offense is robbery; the punishment, 15 years.

The evidence, from the standpoint of the state, shows that appellant and one Robert Lopez went to a Lone Star Ice Station, produced pistols and had Wyman Jones, the night manager, open the cash register and put all of the cash and checks, except the pennies, in a paper bag. Mr. Jones and 16 year old Harley Wingo, another employee, were ordered to lie down with their faces to the floor and remain there under threat of being shot. The money and robbers were gone when they looked up.

■ Officers answering a report of the…