Proctor v. State

OPINION

QUENTIN KEITH, Commissioner.

The offense is robbery; the punishment, set by the jury, is nineteen (19) years’ confinement.

In the early evening of July 6, 1972, Jerry Long was the attendant in charge of the Jot-Em-Down convenience store located in South Fort Worth. While in the store, he was robbed by a Negro male who took $50 to $60 from the cash register while holding a gun upon Long. The robbery was witnessed by a thirteen year old boy who came in a side door of the store while the robbery was in progress but who made himself as inconspicuous as possible while the robber was on the…