Johnson v. State

HABPEB, Judge.

—Appellant was convicted of robbery, and his punishment assessed at five years confinement in the State penitentiary.

In this case the evidence would show that one Travis Keys robbed Frank Morgan of seventy-five dollars, and the State relied on circumstantial evidence to connect appellant with the transaction as a principal. The court, among other things, instructed the jury: “Before you can convict the defendant, Alvin Johnson, in this case you must believe beyond a reasonable doubt that Travis Keys actually committed the offense of robbery as defined above, and as charged in…