Childress v. State

OPINION

DOUGLAS, Judge.

This is an appeal from a conviction for robbery. The punishment was assessed by the court at twelve years.

The sole complaint is that the evidence is insufficient to show that appellant acted as a principal in the robbery.

The evidence, viewed in the light most favorable to support the jury’s verdict of guilty, shows that on the night of October 11, 1968, Paul Spain, who was alleged in the indictment to be the injured party, was robbed of $8.00. Spain and his date, Joan Adams, had accompanied two friends, Bill and Lana Patterson, on a trip to downtown Dallas to observe the…