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MASON v. STATE

No. 43391.

459 S.W.2d 855 (1970)

James MASON, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

December 2, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bowen C. Tatum, Jr., W. R. Malone, Huntsville, for appellant.

James F. Warren, Dist. Atty., Huntsville, and Jim D. Vollers, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

OPINION

DOUGLAS, Judge.

The appeal is from a conviction for robbery by the use of a firearm. The punishment was assessed by the court at 25 years.

The record reflects that Danny Dixon, at approximately midnight on August 6, 1969, was riding in a taxicab driven by Leon Moten several miles from Huntsville. A pickup truck followed the cab, and Dixon pulled a pistol and ordered Moten to stop. A man got out of the pickup truck, and he and Dixon took some...

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