Jackson v. State

OPINION

DAVIS, Commissioner.

This is an out of time appeal from a conviction of robbery by assault. 1 After the jury had returned a verdict of guilty, punishment was assessed by the court at sixty years.

Appellant contends that the evidence was insufficient to sustain the jury’s verdict.

Ennis Smith, Jr., testified that about 11:00, on the night of February 11, 1966, he was walking toward his home in Dallas. In the light from two nearby stores and a street light, he observed two young men walking toward him on the same side of the street. Immediately after they had passed, one of the men, later…