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WRIGHT v. STATE

No. 45824.

491 S.W.2d 936 (1973)

Charles Manuel WRIGHT, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

Rehearing Denied April 11, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Howard B. Law, Dallas, for appellant.

Henry Wade, Dist. Atty., and W. T. Westmoreland, Jr., Asst. Dist. Atty., Dallas, Jim D. Vollers, State's Atty., and Robert A. Huttash, Asst. State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

OPINION

DALLY, Commissioner.

The conviction is for robbery by firearms, the punishment 149 years imprisonment.

The evidence shows the appellant robbed J. O. Simpson by the use of a pistol. The sufficiency of that evidence to sustain the conviction is not challenged.

The appellant first complains that the state was erroneously permitted to test the knowledge of a witness who testified that the appellant's general reputation for being a peaceable...

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