Boykin v. State

OPINION

GREEN, Commissioner.

This appeal is from a conviction of robbery. The punishment assessed by the jury is 35 years. 1

The manager and two employees of a grocery store in Dallas identified appellant and one other man as entering the store on November 20, 1970, at 9:00 o’clock P.M., as the store was being closed for the night, and, by using a sawed-off shotgun and a pistol, robbing the manager of approximately $1600.00 in money and an aluminum pan. The sufficiency of the evidence is not questioned.

Appellant initially argues that the trial court erred in allowing the State to place in…