HARPER v. STATE

No. B14-82-876CR.

675 S.W.2d 534 (1984)

Eddie Matthews HARPER, Appellant, v. STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Houston (14th Dist.).

Discretionary Review Refused June 13, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George Karam, Houston, for appellant.

Calvin A. Hartmann, Houston, for appellee.

Before PAUL PRESSLER, CANNON and ELLIS, JJ.


OPINION

ELLIS, Justice.

Appellant waived a jury trial and pled not guilty. The court found him guilty of robbery and assessed punishment at life imprisonment in the Texas Department of Corrections as a habitual offender. We reverse.

On September 4, 1982, at about 5:10 a.m., two men picked up complainant Willamae Manigault at her bus stop, promising to help her catch her bus. The driver, however, passed the bus and parked the car at the end of a dead...

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