Lacey v. State

BOWEN, Judge.

On the afternoon of February 15, 1977, the manager of the Cowboy Corner Western Store was robbed by one man with a pistol and an unidentified confederate. The appellant was indicted and convicted for this crime and sentenced to ten years’ imprisonment. His retained attorney on appeal has filed no brief.

Because the evidence of the appellant’s guilt of the charged crime was insufficient we must reverse the conviction. To reveal the glaring deficiencies in the evidence presented by the prosecution, we need only quote from that portion of the state’s brief.

The State presented the…