Walls v. State

OPINION

REYNOLDS, Commissioner.

Appellant was convicted of the offense of robbery by firearms. His punishment was assessed by the jury at confinement for twenty-five years.

The prosecution was for the 27 November 1973 robbery of Loretta L. Budro, the manager of a 7 — 11 store in Houston, from whom $820 was taken at gunpoint while she was in fear of her life or bodily injury. With sufficient time and ample opportunity for observation at the scene, she positively identified appellant as the robber who was armed with a pistol.

Four days later on 1 December 1973, Houston police, acting on a report by…