Blankenship v. State

The offense is robbery with firearms; the punishment, death.

Since there was almost no conflict in the evidence, it will be stated in narrative form.

At approximately 1 o'clock in the morning of the day charged in the indictment, appellant arrived at an apartment in Houston and began to play poker with a number of his associates. By 6:00 a. m., being without funds, he left the apartment, saying that he was going to get some more money and would be back. At 7:40 a. m. he presented himself at the entrance of the Bush Stadium where he had formerly been employed and where he had had access to the…