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NELSON v. STATE

No. 48293.

509 S.W.2d 367 (1974)

Berlin Pickett NELSON, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

May 15, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gary Conrad, Kerry P. Fitzgerald, Dallas (Court-appointed), for appellant.

Henry Wade, Dist. Atty., Mardell Templeton, Asst. Dist. Atty., Dallas, and Jim D. Vollers, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

OPINION

JACKSON, Commissioner.

The conviction by a jury on a plea of not guilty was for robbery; the punishment, twenty (20) years.

On December 22, 1971, Ted Crow returned to his place of business from an outside call about 5:20 P.M. Upon entering his office, there was a black man crouched behind one of the desks, who claimed to be cleaning. This was appellant. Crow knew this was not true and ordered the man to leave. Another black man then came...

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