Thompson v. State

OPINION

GREEN, Commissioner.

Appellant, in a trial before a jury, was convicted of robbery by firearms. Punishment was assessed at twenty-two years.

The sufficiency of the evidence to support the verdict is not challenged. Suffice it to say that the record reflects that about 12:30 P.M. on December 23, 1972, appellant and two other males entered Bein’s Furs, a store in Corpus Christi and, by exhibiting a gun, and by threats and violence, robbed Robert Gonzales, the acting manager of Bein’s Furs, of a sum of money and two fur coats.

Appellant in his first ground of error contends that the court…