McWILLIAMS v. STATE

No. 46326.

496 S.W.2d 630 (1973)

Vernice R. McWILLIAMS & Betty Davis McWilliams, Appellants, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

Rehearing Denied July 17, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Byron Chappell and Joel Howard, Lubbock, for appellants.

Jack Young, Dist. Atty., Muleshoe, Jim D. Vollers, State's Atty., and Robert A. Huttash, Asst. State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


OPINION

ROBERTS, Judge.

Appellants seek relief from convictions for the offense of robbery by firearms; each received a sentence of twenty years' confinement.

Six grounds of error are raised by Mrs. McWilliams, four by Mr. McWilliams.

Each appellant contends that the trial court erred in refusing to grant a pretrial motion for severance. Appellants argue that a joint trial caused them to face strong prejudice, since Mrs. McWilliams is white...

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