Minafee v. State

OPINION

ONION, Presiding Judge.

This appeal arises out of a conviction for robbery by assault where the punishment was assessed by the jury at 45 years.

At the outset, appellant challenges the sufficiency of the evidence to sustain the conviction.

Chris George, Manager of the Fair Park Liquor Store in the City of Dallas, testified that on the morning of May 28, 1968, he was robbed at gunpoint, tied up and placed in a back room; that the money taken from the cash register was in his care, custody and control, etc. On direct examination, he testified that two men participated in the robbery, but…