Hoover v. State

BELCHER, Commissioner.

The appellant was convicted of being an accomplice to robbery with firearms; the punishment, sixty years.

The indictment alleged that on or about March 11, 1964, and before the commission of robbery by firearms of Mair Schepps, by John Oscar Young, Samuel Spivey, and Calvin Sellars, the appellant did unlawfully and wilfully advise, command, and encourage them to commit said offense, the appellant not being present at the time of the commission of the robbery by said three named persons. The indictment also alleged the taking of $3,900 in money, a man’s diamond ring, and a…