Legal Opinion
Knight v. State
Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)
Decided December 16, 1993No. 01-92-00936-CRPublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
OLIVER-PARROTT, Chief Justice.
This is an appeal from a conviction for robbery by appellant, Vincent Baxter Knight. With an enhancement for a prior conviction for possession of cocaine, the trial court assessed punishment at 20-years confinement. We affirm.
Background
On April 22, 1992, appellant entered the J.C. Food Store, where he was a frequent shopper. After taking a beer from the shelf, he approached the cash registers" with a walking stick in his hand. He placed the beer and the money on the counter and the clerk, Tia Coleman, rang up the sale. The clerk testified that when she…
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