LINDSEY v. STATE

No. 59128.

608 S.W.2d 230 (1980)

Wilbert LINDSEY, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, Panel No. 2.

Rehearing Denied December 23, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ronald E. Lanier, Houston, for appellant.

Carol S. Vance, Dist. Atty., Michael C. Kuhn and Fred E. Reynolds, Jr., Asst. Dist. Attys., Houston, Robert Huttash, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

Before DOUGLAS, PHILLIPS and W. C. DAVIS, JJ.


OPINION

DOUGLAS, Judge.

The conviction is for the burglary of a building; the punishment was assessed by the court at twenty years.

Vera Williams, the owner of a small grocery store in the east part of Houston, was informed that it was being burglarized. She carried a pistol to the store and observed appellant at the back door of the store. He ran. She fired a shot but not at him. She followed him to his home and discovered several cases of beer...

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