Ainsworth v. State

OPINION

ODOM, Judge.

This is an appeal from a conviction for the offense of robbery by assault; the punishment was assessed by the court at 12 years.

We are faced at the outset with a challenge to the sufficiency of the evidence to connect appellant with the offense.

The record reflects that appellant was indicted, together with Michael Freeze, Bob Murphy, Joel Taylor and Tom Moody, for the robbery of Jerry Ziegler, the manager of an A & P grocery store in South Houston. Joel Taylor, Tom Moody and the appellant were tried together in this cause.

The state’s evidence was adduced primarily from four…