Green v. State

OPINION

DOUGLAS, Judge.

James Earl Green was charged for the offense of robbery by threats. A prior conviction for rape was alleged for enhancement. Punishment was assessed by the jury at fifteen years.

The indictment alleged that Green, while in the course of committing theft with intent to appropriate money of William Scott Clark, placed Clark in fear of imminent injury and death.

William Scott Clark testified that he was a high school senior from Orange who was in Fort Worth at the Downtowner Motel for a Key Club convention. He went to get ice on another floor of the motel. While he was…