SANDERS v. STATE

No. 42378.

449 S.W.2d 262 (1969)

Larry James SANDERS, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

Rehearing Denied February 4, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jack Garrett, Fort Worth, for appellant.

Frank Coffey, Dist. Atty., Rufus J. Adcock, Ben H. Tompkins, Truman Power and John Garrett Hill, Asst. Dist. Attys., Fort Worth, and Jim D. Vollers, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


OPINION

WOODLEY, Presiding Judge.

The offense is robbery; the punishment, enhanced by a prior conviction for burglary with intent to commit theft, life.

Trial was before a jury. Plea of not guilty was entered and the defense of insanity at the time of the offense was relied on.

The jury rejected the defense, found appellant sane at the time the robbery was committed and found him guilty.

Appellant having elected to have the jury assess...

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