Bogan v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the District Court of Wbarton. Tried below before ihe Hon. Samuel J. Styles. Appeal from a conviction of robbery; penalty, five years confinement in the penitentiary. The opinion states the case. On question of alluding to defendant’s failure to testify: Johnson v. State, 53 Texas Crim. Bep., 339; Smith v. State, 52 id., 344; Crowder v. State, recently decided.
1Opinion of the Court
HARPEB, Judge.
Appellant was convicted of robbery and his punishment assessed at five years confinement in the State penitentiary. .
There a-re but three grounds in the motion for a new trial, the first two alleging, (1) because the verdict is contrary to the evidence; (2) because the judgment of the court is contrary to the law. These grounds only raise the issue of the sufficiency of the evidence to sustain the verdict. We have read it, and think it fully sustains a verdict of guilty. The third and only other ground alleges that the jury, while considering the case, discussed the failure of…
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