TUNNELL v. STATE

No. 30820.

327 S.W.2d 590 (1959)

Richard Frank TUNNELL, Appellant, v. STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

June 24, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Enoch G. Fletcher, Grand Saline, for appellant.

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


DICE, Commissioner.

The conviction is for robbery; the punishment, 99 years.

The State's evidence shows that on the night in question two men who were identified as the appellant and Mack Barnes entered the home of Cliff Kellam, the prosecuting witness. Both appellant and Barnes were wearing masks and carrying pistols and when they entered the house the prosecuting witness was talking over the telephone. Barnes told the prosecuting witness to "Keep talking...

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