Aughton v. State

KRUEGER, Judge.

The offense is robbery. The punishment assessed is confinement in the State penitentiary for a period of five years.

Appellant challenges the sufficiency of the evidence to sustain his conviction.

The State’s evidence, briefly stated, shows that on the night of May 28, 1945, L. B. Rutledge and Cecil Pope were at work at a garage when appellant entered the same with a gun and told Rutledge, “This is a hold up”; that when Rutledge called for help appellant said, “I wouldn’t do that if I were you.” He then pushed Rutledge into a back room at the same time holding a gun on him. At…