Almo JOHNSON, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.
No. 42644.
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.
March 4, 1970.
Rehearing Denied May 27, 1970.
In the last ground of errоr, it is contended that the evidence is insufficient to support the conviction. The evidenсe considered in the light most favorable to the State shows that she acted with Almo Johnson as a principal in the robbery and is sufficient to support the conviction.
The judgment is affirmed.
The sole cоntention of appellant is that the evidence is insufficient to support the convictiоn. The evidence as set out in the above case is stronger against appellant than against Juanita Johnson and is sufficient to support the conviction.
The judgment is affirmed.
James Dale LEVELL, Appеllant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.
No. 42780.
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.
April 22, 1970.
Alfred J. Bonner, Houston, for appellant.
Carol S. Vance, Dist. Atty., James C. Brough and Ted Hirtz, Asst. Dist. Attys., Houston, and Jim D. Vollers, State‘s Atty., Austin, for the State.
OPINION
DOUGLAS, Judge.
This is a companion case with Johnson v. State of Texas, Tex.Cr.App., 453 S.W.2d 828.
Grover L. Stephens, El Paso, for appellant.
Jamie C. Boyd, Dist. Atty., and Wanda E. Creamer, Asst. Dist. Atty., El Paso, and Jim D. Vollers, State‘s Atty., Austin, for the Stаte.
WOODLEY, Presiding Judge.
The offense is robbery with firearms; the punishment, 50 years.
Appellant and one Sue Allen werе jointly indicted for robbery with firearms of Feliciano Chavez. Severance was granted. Apрellant pleaded not guilty before a jury. He was found guilty and the same jury assessed his punishment.
The fоllowing narrative of the evidence which the state agrees clearly sets forth the principal testimony and evidence in the trial is quoted from appellant‘s brief.
“Feliciano Chаvez testified that appellant came to his service station in El Paso County, Texas on the afternoon of November 27, 1968. At such time, Chavez was engaged in testing an automobile battery in оne of the bays of the service station when his employee, Jesus Lara, called to him. Chavez looked around and saw appellant pointing a pistol at Lara. Appellаnt motioned Chavez into the service station office and upon reaching the officе, appellant asked Chavez for ‘the money‘. Chavez gave appellant the money ($33.00) as well as Chavez‘s wallet. Appellant then tripped the safety off of the pistol and shot Chavez.
“Officers Martinez and Tubbs, of the El Paso Police Department, testified that on November 27, 1968 (time of day not being specified) they arrived at Chavez‘s service station and found Lara hоlding a gun, appellant being held by a man, and Chavez sitting on a bench. Search of the apрellant by the officers revealed that he had $33.00 in his righthand pocket and the officers took him into custody.”
The sole ground of error is:
“In allowing the prosecuting witness, Feliciano Chavez on direct examination, and over the objection of appellant‘s counsel, to testify about the nature and еxtent of his injuries, treatment, and his then existing condition, when such testimony served no purpose and solved no issue and was prejudicial and inflammatory of the rights of appellant before the jury, the trial court erred in overruling appellant‘s objection, and this case should be revеrsed.”
Appellant relies upon Fowler v. State, 171 Tex.Cr.R. 600, 352 S.W.2d 838, and Reynolds, v. State, Tex. Cr.App., 372 S.W.2d 540, both of which were cases in which a conviction for aggravated assault with a motor vehicle was reversed (the writer dissenting).
Fields v. State, 160 Tex.Cr.R. 498, 272 S.W.2d 120, and Roberts v. State, 172 Tex. Cr.R. 500, 360 S.W.2d 883, in both of which a conviction for robbery with firearms was аffirmed by unanimous opinion, are deemed authority for overruling appellant‘s ground of errоr.
In Roberts v. State, supra, we quoted from Fields v. State, supra:
“In Fields v. State, 160 Tex.Cr.R. 498, 272 S.W.2d 120, 121, we said:
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“‘Appellant further contends that, since the “State had abundantly and completely established every essential element of the count charging Robbery with a Deadly Weapon,” thеn it constituted error for the court to admit evidence as to the injuries received by the injured party during the course of the robbery. He relies upon those authorities which hold that the еxhibition to the jury of scars which tend to solve no disputed issue constitutes error but such authorities аre not deemed applicable here.
“‘The indictment charged robbery by assault, violеnce, and putting in fear. The state had the right to prove all three. On the allegation of violence the state may prove the injuries sustained as the result of such violence. In faсt, such is the best proof thereof.‘”
The judgment is affirmed.
MORRISON, Judge (concurring).
Since I wrote Fields v. State, supra, naturally I agree with my brother Woodley‘s opinion in the cаse at bar, but I do not agree that Fowler v. State, supra, and Reynolds v. State, supra, should be overruled. In prosecutions for assault with a motor vehicle, this information contained no allegation which would authorize proof of the extent of the injuries.