Brown v. State

OPINION

JACKSON, Commissioner.

The conviction was for robbery by assault ; the punishment, assessed by the jury, was seven years.

In his first ground of error, appellant contends that the evidence was insufficient to sustain the conviction. We disagree.

Paula Sue Wood testified that she was employed as manager of Seven-Eleven Store No. 28 in Houston. She was working there on the evening of September 24, 1972. A man entered the store and pointed a handgun at her. He demanded that she fill a sack with money. She took paper currency from two cash registers and placed it in a sack. The man took the…