CHILDRESS v. STATE

No. 43670.

465 S.W.2d 947 (1971)

Van Edward CHILDRESS, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

April 20, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Howard B. Law, Donald R. Scoggins, Dallas (on appeal only) for appellant.

Henry Wade, Dist. Atty., John B. Tolle, Harry J. Schulz, Jr., W. T. Westmoreland, Jr. and Edgar A. Mason, Asst. Dist. Attys., Dallas, and Jim D. Vollers, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


OPINION

DOUGLAS, Judge.

This is an appeal from a conviction for robbery. The punishment was assessed by the court at twelve years.

The sole complaint is that the evidence is insufficient to show that appellant acted as a principal in the robbery.

The evidence, viewed in the light most favorable to support the jury's verdict of guilty, shows that on the night of October 11, 1968, Paul Spain, who...

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