Colston v. State

OPINION

ONION, Presiding Judge.

This is an appeal from a conviction for robbery with the punishment being assessed at 99 years.

At the outset appellant challenges the sufficiency of the evidence to sustain the conviction, it being his primary contention that the evidence is insufficient to show that the complaining witness was in fear of her life at the time appellant took approximately $60.00 at the point of a pistol.

He relies upon the following testimony on direct examination:

“Q. I’ll ask you if anything, anytime during that you were in fear of your life?

*891“A. Well, if I hadn’t opened the cash…