Daniels v. State

Undercofler, Justice.

Lewis M. C. Daniels was convicted of the offense of armed robbery and sentenced to serve twenty years in the penitentiary.

The evidence shows that the victim of the robbery and his two children were working in his store on Friday night, December 21, 1971. About 8:45 two men entered the store; one had a scar on the left side of his face, wore dark glasses, a raincoat and dark trousers. When the scar-faced man was told the store did not sell beer, he pulled a shotgun from his coat and ordered the victim to lie on the floor, took his billfold and his diamond ring. The other…