Beam v. State

OPINION

DOUGLAS, Judge.

This is an appeal from a conviction for robbery by assault. The court assessed punishment at fifty years.

The sufficiency of the evidence is not challenged. A summary of the evidence is as follows:

On the night of March 25, 1971, appellant and Walter Guy Pilcher, co-defendant in the case below, entered the taxicab of Charles William Dean and directed him to drive them to an address in a largely commercial area of west Dallas. After arriving at the destination, the two passengers accosted Dean and, at knife point, relieved him of some $26 and his pistol. Two uniformed…