CLEMENS, Senior Judge.
The state charged defendant with first-degree robbery and also with first-degree assault. A jury found defendant guilty of assault and fixed his punishment at 15 years in prison; judgment and appeal followed. The issue here concerns the verdict-directing instructions.
The state's evidence: The victim was a taxi driver and defendant one of his two passengers. At their request the driver stopped at a cafe to get change for the passengers...
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