WADDLE v. STATE

No. 42494.

448 S.W.2d 472 (1970)

Perry David WADDLE, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

January 7, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jack Hampton, Dallas, for appellant.

Henry Wade, Dist. Atty., and John B. Tolle, Camille Elliott, James P. Finstrom, Jay Mills and Kenneth Blassingame, Asst. Dist. Attys., Dallas, and Jim D. Vollers, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


OPINION

BELCHER, Judge.

The conviction is for robbery; the punishment, life.

The sole ground urged for reversal is that the prosecutor in his closing argument to the jury commented upon the appellant's failure to testify.

The appellant did not testify.

The arguments relied upon for reversal are set out in appellant's brief. They are as follows:

"Not one witness that took that stand...

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