DUKES v. STATE

No. 27657.

282 S.W.2d 235 (1955)

Curtis DUKES, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

June 15, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

A. L. Wardlaw, Fort Worth, C. O. McMillan, Stephenville, for appellant.

Leon Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


DAVIDSON, Judge.

This is a conviction for robbery; the punishment, five years' confinement in the penitentiary.

This is a companion case to that of Dukes v. State, Tex.Cr.App., 277 S.W.2d 710, wherein the facts are set forth which we held to be sufficient to support the conviction.

The jury that tried the instant case was composed of four women and eight men.

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