BELL v. STATE

No. 44177.

472 S.W.2d 778 (1971)

Richard BELL, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

Rehearing Denied November 30, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Melvyn Carson Bruder, Dallas, for appellant.

Henry Wade, Dist. Atty., John B. Tolle and Robert T. Baskett, Asst. Dist. Attys., Dallas, and Jim D. Vollers, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


OPINION

MORRISON, Judge.

The offense is robbery; the punishment, fifty (50) years.

Appellant's court appointed attorney on appeal advances two grounds of error. He first contends that the counsel for the State committed reversible error when, in the course of his argument, he said, "Even his own attorney doesn't believe his story." He candidly admits that the Court sustained his trial attorney's objection, that trial counsel asked for no further...

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