Blassingame v. State

OPINION

DALLY, Commissioner.

The offense, robbery by assault; the punishment, fifty years imprisonment.

At approximately 8:00 p. m. on the night of October 20, 1969, an individual identified as the appellant, entered Jameson’s Pharmacy in Oak Cliff, brandishing a double-barrel shotgun. After directing the employees to the area near the prescription case at the rear of the store, he told them to “freeze.” He then instructed the pharmacist on duty, Bob Mink, to “get to work on that safe. Get me all your money and all your narcotics.” While the appellant was there, four people entered the store.…