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ZACHARY v. STATE

No. 47313.

505 S.W.2d 875 (1974)

Phillip H. ZACHARY, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

February 20, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

H. Edward Johnson, Fort Worth (Court-appointed on appeal), for appellant.

Tim Curry, Dist. Atty., Charles E. Webb, Glen E. Eakman, & William A. Knapp, Asst. Dist. Attys., Fort Worth, Jim D. Vollers, State's Atty., and Buddy Stevens, Asst. State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

OPINION

RAY, Commissioner.

This is an appeal from a conviction for robbery by assault where the punishment, enhanced by two prior non-capital felony convictions, was assessed at life imprisonment.

On the night of June 15, 1972, appellant took the purse of Mrs. Tessie Lee Compton at gunpoint on the steps of the Greater Progressive Church of God and Christ in Fort Worth. The purse contained money and, among other things, a money order payable to a...

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