Thomas v. State

OPINION

DAVIS, Commissioner.

Appeal is taken from a conviction for robbery by assault. Punishment, enhanced under the provisions of Article 62, Vernon’s Ann.P.C., was assessed by the court at life.

At the outset, appellant urges that the court erred in overruling his motion to quash the jury panel in that the jury wheel in Nueces County was not filled with names in accordance with prevailing statutory requirements.

The record reflects that the jury wheel in Nueces County, as it was composed in August, 1970, became inoperable as the result of cards in the wheel sticking together. It further…