JONES v. STATE

No. 46590.

500 S.W.2d 661 (1973)

Ralph Earl JONES and Robert William Jefferson, Appellants, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

Rehearing Denied November 14, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ray Stevens, Houston, for Ralph Earl Jones.

Kenneth L. Sanders, Houston, for Robert Wm. Jefferson.

Carol Vance, Dist. Atty, James C. Brough, and Jack Bodiford, Asst. Dist. Attys., Houston, Jim D. Vollers, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


OPINION

GREEN, Commissioner.

Appellants Earl Jones and Robert William Jefferson, along with two other men, were jointly charged by indictment with robbery by assault of Melba Bywaters. Severance was granted as to the other two defendants, and Jones and Jefferson went to trial. The court charged the jury on the law of principals. Both of these appellants were convicted, and both were assessed a punishment of 50...

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