JACKSON v. STATE

No. 51383.

536 S.W.2d 371 (1976)

Billy Don JACKSON, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

Rehearing Denied May 27, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arthur J. Brender, Jr., Fort Worth, for appellant.

Tim Curry, Dist. Atty. and Howard M. Fender, Asst. Dist. Atty., Fort Worth, Jim D. Vollers, State's Atty., and David S. McAngus, Asst. State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


OPINION

DOUGLAS, Judge.

This is an appeal from a conviction of robbery by firearms. A jury found appellant guilty; the trial court assessed punishment at twenty-five years.

On May 15, 1973, Zacarias Jiminez, a Mexican national, was working for the Rice Tilleys and lived in a small house on their property at Eagle Mountain Lake.

The sufficiency of the evidence is not challenged. Jiminez testified through an interpreter that he was awakened...

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