GRIFFIN v. STATE

No. 62792.

614 S.W.2d 155 (1981)

Donald Ray GRIFFIN, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, Panel No. 1.

April 15, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Janet Seymour Morrow, Houston, court appointed on appeal, for appellant.

John B. Holmes, Jr., Dist. Atty. & Ray Elvin Speece, Asst. Dist. Atty., Houston, and Robert Huttash, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

Before ONION, P. J., and ROBERTS and ODOM, JJ.


OPINION

ROBERTS, Judge.

A jury found the appellant guilty of aggravated robbery and assessed a punishment of 35 years' confinement. This appeal had been abated so that the indigent appellant could be given the assistance of counsel.

The State's evidence was that the appellant hired a taxicab, which had been called to a certain address in Houston. The appellant directed the driver on a rather long trip to Jacinto City, and then gave "[in]numerable...

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