Morgan v. State

OPINION

JACKSON, Commissioner.

Appellant Rubin Lee Morgan and Charles Henry Childs were jointly tried before a jury for the robbery by assault of Robert Nichols at Gordon’s Jewelry Store on or about June 8, 1970, on their pleas of not guilty. The jury found both of them guilty and assessed the punishment of each of them at twenty-five (25) years.

This is a companion case to Childs v. State, Tex.Cr.App., 491 S.W.2d 907 (1973), this day decided.

This is the appeal of Rubin Lee Morgan.

The evidence shows that Gordon’s Jewelry Store, located in Houston, was robbed on June 8, 1970, at approximately…