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PATTERSON v. STATE

No. 61636.

639 S.W.2d 695 (1982)

Howard Lewis PATTERSON, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

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

April 14, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Ellis, Dallas, for appellant.

Henry Wade, Dist. Atty., Karen Chilton Beverly, Reed Prospere and Jerry Muller, Asst. Dist. Attys., Dallas, Robert Huttash, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

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

OPINION

McCORMICK, Judge.

This is an appeal from a conviction for robbery. Punishment was assessed by a jury at eighteen years' imprisonment. Appellant challenges the sufficiency of the evidence.

On August 9, 1978, Sherry Callahan Ferguson was closing up the Pizza Inn she managed. At approximately 12:30 a.m., as Sherry, her fiancee and two waitresses were preparing to leave the restaurant, appellant entered the restaurant and said he needed to use...

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