ROBINSON v. STATE

No. 42761.

454 S.W.2d 747 (1970)

Ernest Earl ROBINSON, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

Rehearing Denied June 24, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John P. Farra, Houston, (court appointed), Bob Heath, Houston, for appellant.

Carol S. Vance, Dist. Atty., Phyllis Bell and Robert C. Bennett, Jr., Asst. Dist. Attys., Houston, and Jim D. Vollers, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


OPINION

DOUGLAS, Judge.

The conviction is for robbery by exhibiting a firearm; the punishment, fifty years.

According to the record, appellant robbed E. L. Ratcliffe, the night manager of the Houston House, an apartment hotel. At approximately 4:15 in the morning, appellant approached Ratcliffe and asked for change for a dollar. After he was told there was no change, appellant left and returned and then asked to change a five dollar bill. When he...

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