Jones v. State

OPINION

ONION, Presiding Judge.

This is an appeal from a conviction for aggravated robbery where the punishment was assessed by the jury at sixty-five (65) years’ confinement in the Texas Department of Corrections.

At about 6:00 p. m. on October 2, 1975, the manager of the Robert Hall Department Store on Greenville Avenue in Dallas was robbed, at gunpoint, by five people. The manager was badly beaten and $325.00 was taken. Shortly thereafter the police were called and a description of the suspects and their car was broadcast over the police radio. About 6:30 p. m. a car matching the description…