Lampkin v. State, 42342

Decision Date11 February 1970
Docket NumberNo. 42342,42342
Citation451 S.W.2d 911
PartiesElroy LAMPKIN, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.
CourtTexas Court of Criminal Appeals

Tom Sands, Dallas (by Court appointment), for appellant.

Henry Wade, Dist. Atty., Al Walvoord, Ron Chapman, Malcolm Dade, Camille Elliott and James P. Finstrom, Asst. Dist. Attys., Dallas, and Jim D. Vollers, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

OPINION

DOUGLAS, Judge.

The offense is robbery by assault; the punishment, ninety-nine years. This is a companion case with Thomas v. State, 451 S.W.2d 907, and Thornton v. State, 451 S.W.2d 898.

Appellant's two grounds for reversal are the same as the first and second grounds which were overruled in Thornton v. State, supra.

The judgment is affirmed.

ONION, Judge (concurring).

For the reasons set forth in this writer's concurring opinion in Thornton v. State, 451 S.W.2d 898, I concur in the results here reached.

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  • Thornton v. State
    • United States
    • Court of Appeals of Texas. Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
    • February 11, 1970
    ...punishment eighty-five years. Appellant was tried jointly with Walter Thomas, Jr., our Cause No. 41,962, 451 S.W.2d 907 and Elroy Lampkin, No. 42,342, 451 S.W.2d 911. The record reflects that Thomas Johnson and Gerald Lamb had been drinking at nightspots on a Saturday night, and rather than......
  • Thomas v. State, 41962
    • United States
    • Court of Appeals of Texas. Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
    • February 11, 1970
    ......        This is a companion case with Thornton v. State, 451 S.W.2d 898 and Lampkin v. State, 451 S.W.2d 911.         In the first ground of error, appellant contends that reversible error was committed when he was brought ......
  • Coleman v. State, 42719
    • United States
    • Court of Appeals of Texas. Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
    • April 1, 1970

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