Crawford v. State

OPINION

ONION, Presiding Judge.

This appeal is from a conviction for the offense of robbery by assault wherein the punishment was assessed at five (5) years’ confinement in the Texas Department of Corrections.

On appeal appellant’s counsel has filed an appellate brief in which he concludes the appeal is without merit and wholly frivolous. Aware of his duties under Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738, 87 S.Ct. 1396, 18 L.Ed.2d 493 (1967), and Gainous v. State, 436 S.W.2d 137 (Tex.Cr.App.1969), counsel has advanced arguable contentions to support the appeal.

Initially, appellant challenges the…