State v. Sneed

OPINION

FONES, Chief Justice.

We granted certiorari in this cause to consider the State’s contention that the Court of Criminal Appeals erred in holding that there was insufficient evidence to support the jury’s verdict that defendant was guilty of robbery by the use of a deadly weapon. We reverse the Court of Criminal Appeals and reinstate the conviction.

At defendant’s trial the robbery victim testified that on December 9, 1973, at approximately 7:00 p. m. he and his daughter returned home from the Westwood Shopping Center. As he was locking the car, two men ran up to him. One held a knife at…