Pruett, Jr. v. State

CHRISTIAN, Judge.

The offense is robbery with firearms; the punishment confinement in the penitentiary for ninety-nine years.

Appellant entered a drugstore in the city of Dallas, exhibited a pistol, robbed the cash register and several persons present. He took one of the parties away with him, admonishing those present that if they reported the affair before he got away he would kill his captive. He later released his prisoner. The foregoing is a brief statement of the testimony on the part of the state. Appellant was positively identified by several of the state’s witnesses. Moreover, the coat…