Bryant v. State

OPINION

WOODLEY, Presiding Judge.

The offense is robbery by assault; the punishment, life.

Trial was before a jury on a plea of not guilty, and the punishment was assessed by the jury.

This is a companion case to Gibson v. State, Tex.Cr.App., 448 S.W.2d 481, grow ing out of the robbery on March 6, 1968, of Homer T. Miller, manager of an A & P Store in Dallas, in which the manager was shot by Gibson and more than $900.00 was taken from the safe.

Appellant was identified by an employee as one of the five armed robbers, and as the robber who cocked an Army .45 caliber automatic pistol and held it to…