Northcutt v. State

OPINION

MORRISON, Judge.

The offense is robbery by assault; the punishment, twenty-two and one-half (22½) years.

The record reflects that D. W. Chapman testified that at approximately 11:30 P.M. on April 23, 1967, appellant and another man drove into the service station where he was the attendant on duty. When Chapman asked if he could help them, the man on the passenger side displayed a rifle and said, “You damn right, get in and open the cash register.” Appellant, the driver of the car, then got out and kept a lookout on the service road.

Wielding the rifle, the other man entered the service…