Langham v. State

OPINION

ONION, Presiding Judge.

This appeal arises out of a conviction for robbery by assault with the punishment, enhanced under the provisions of Article 62, Vernon’s Ann.P.C., being assessed at life..

The State’s evidence reflects that on March 9, 1969, the 18 year old complaining witness Sherman Mills who was hitch hiking accepted a ride in an automobile containing five men, one of whom was the appellant. After stopping at a service station and after the driver had been stopped and given a traffic citation (defective tail light) by a Houston city police officer the car was driven to a dark…