State v. Townsend

CRIST, Judge.

Defendant was convicted by a jury of first degree robbery and punishment assessed at fifteen years imprisonment.

The evidence adduced at trial demonstrated that Danita Smith was robbed of her purse, after a brief scuffle with the assailant, as she entered her apartment building. Danita ran inside and called the police. The police arrived in short order, whereupon Danita disclosed the details of the robbery and a description of her attacker. As the officers prepared to leave, Dani-ta noticed a patch of skin clinging to her shirt which she was unable to attribute to her person. The…