Rogers v. State

MEMORANDUM OPINION

BUSSEY, Judge.

Ronald Edward Rogers, hereinafter referred to as defendant was charged, tried and convicted, in the District Court of Oklahoma County, with the crime of Robbery with Firearms, and from the judgment and sentence fixing his punishment at 50 years imprisonment in the state penitentiary, he appeals.

The facts in the case are relatively simple. On the morning of February 18, 1967, the defendant and his brother walked into the A. W. Lee Oil Company in Oklahoma City, whereupon they produced a firearm in order to rob the owner of the oil company. The owner, a Mr. Leo E.…