Lydia v. State

OPINION

ODOM, Judge.

This appeal is from a conviction for the offense of assault with intent to rob; pun*792ishment was assessed at ten years. (Jones v. State, Tex.Cr.App., 481 S.W.2d 833, is a companion case.)

Rufus Hines testified that on April 17, 1970, as he was leaving a cafe in Dallas, he was approached by three men who asked him for a ride. He replied that he was on his way home, whereupon he was ordered to hand over his money. He testified that the appellant and George Jones held knives on him, and that Jones stabbed him in the chest and the appellant stabbed him in the back. He managed to…