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WARD v. STATE

No. 44142.

474 S.W.2d 471 (1971)

Eddie James WARD, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

Rehearing Denied January 18, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sam Houston Clinton, Jr., Larry Bales, Austin, for appellant.

Robert O. Smith, Dist. Atty., Herman Gotcher, Lawrence Wells, and Dain Whitworth, Asst. Dist. Attys., Austin, and Jim D. Vollers, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

OPINION

ODOM, Judge.

This appeal is from a conviction for the offense of robbery by firearms. The state did not seek the death penalty. Punishment was assessed by the jury at 101 years.

We affirm.

The record reflects that, shortly before 9:00 A.M. on July 9, 1969, two men entered the Texas Warrant Company in Austin, produced pistols, and announced a "holdup". The two gunmen herded those present...

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