Belton v. State

BELCHER, Judge.

The conviction is for robbery with firearms; the punishment, ninety-nine years in the penitentiary.

The state’s testimony shows that the appellant early on the morning of May 21, 1955, by telephone, sought the services of of Dr. Shannon T. Peterson, a dentist, to relieve a toothache which he said had troubled him all night, and was waiting at Dr. Peterson’s office door when he arrived; that immediately after entering the office, Dr. Peterson turned and appellant, who was then pointing a pistol toward him, commanded that he empty his pockets on the floor which he did because he…