### TEXA S C OU R T OF A PPEAL S, THIR D DIST R ICT , AT AU STIN

NO. 03-05-00039- CR

Thom as Thom pso n, A ppe lla nt

v. The State of Texas, App ellee

F ROM THE DISTRICT CO URT OF TRAVIS COUNTY , 147TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT NO. 90441 36, H ONO RAB LE WILF ORD F LOW ERS, JUDGE PRESI DING

M E M O R

A N D U M O P I N I O N A jury fo und appellant Thoma s Thompson guilty of four counts of robbe ry

and

a sse sse d p un ish me nt f

or e a c h c ou nt, e nh a nc e d b y pr e vio us fe lon y

c on vic tio ns , a t tw e nty -f

ive y e a rs ’ imprisonment. See Tex. P en. Code Ann. § 29.02 ( West 2003). I n a si ng le poi nt of er ror, Thompson

c on te nd s th a t th e e vid e nc e is le g a lly ins uf fi c ie nt t o s us ta in h is c on vic tio n o n o ne of the fo ur c ou nts
. Finding no merit to this contention, we will affir m the judgme nts of conviction. Thompson committed a series of robber ies at Austin banks during a two-wee k period in F e br ua ry 20 04 . O ne of

the se ro bb e ri e s w a s a lle g e d a s c ou nt f ou r i n th e ind ic tme nt. B y

thi s c ou nt, Th omp so n w a s a c c us e d of int e nti on a lly a nd kn ow ing ly

thr e a te nin g a nd

pla c ingL a toy a

Ste ve ns in fea r of imminent bodily

injury and dea th while in the course of commi tting theft. Thompson arg ues tha t th e Sta t e f

a i l e d t o p r o v e t h a t i t w a s S t e v e n s w h o w a s t h r e a t e n e d o r p l a c e d i n f e a r d u r i n g thi s

r o b b e r y.2 Chantel Solomon and L atoy a Stevens wer e wor king a s tellers at the B ank One branc h on Guada l u p e S t re et on the day in question. Sol omon testified that Thompson walked up to her station and s a id , “ G iv e me a ll th e tw e n ti e s a n d h u n d r e d s . ” H e h a d a n o te , b u t th e o n ly w o r d she noticed on the note was “ g un.” Solomon said that Thompson then “walke d up to the next t eller [S tevens] and told her the same thing. She didn’t respond. He came back ove r to me.” Solomon testifie d th a t T h o mp s o n “ lo o k e d a t b o th o f u s a n d s a id , ‘ T h e r e a r e p e o p le o u ts id e w it h g uns.’” Solomon gave Thompson money and he w alked out of the bank. Stevens was standing at her station about f ive fe et from Solomon when Thompson ente re d t h e bank. Stevens testified tha t she hea rd Thompson demand mone y from Solomon and noticed the note, a lthough she could not rea d it. W hen she sa w Solomon “ fr eeze up,” Stevens pushed her

secur ity button. St evens sa id that Thompson “walked ba ck and f orth from he r window to mine, but he never

asked me for a

ny thing.” Stevens hea

rd Thompson say , “I

have a g un. I have some frie nds outside waiting f or me,” and “D on’t push that button.” Thompson arg ues that t he evide nce show s that it was Solomon, and not S tevens, who

wa s th re a te n e d a n d p l a c e d i n f e a r d u r i n g t h e r o b b e r

y . B u t i n a l e g a l s u f

f i c i e n c y r e v i e w , w e mus t view the e vidence in the light most fa v o ra ble to the jury ’s ver dict. J ac k so n v . V irg ini a , 4 43 U. S. 30 7, 31 8- 19 (1 97 9) (l e g a l su ff ic ie nc y sta nd a rd of re vie w) ; Gr iff

in v . S tat e , 614 S.W .2d 155, 158-59 (Tex. Crim. App. 1981) (same)

. L ooking at the testimony in that light, we be lieve that a r ational trier of fa c t c ou ld f

ind be y on d a re a so na ble do ub t th a t T homp so n, by his be ha vio r a nd his sta te me nts within the hear ing of both te llers, intentionally or knowing ly threa tened both Solomon and Stevens with immi nent bodily i n

j u ry o r death. The jury

could also re asonably

find that by

his words and3

conduct, Thompson intentionally or knowing ly place d both te llers in f ear of imminent bodily

injury or dea th. Se e W

e lc h v . S tat e , 880 S.W .2d 225, 227 (Tex. App.—Austin 1994, no pet.). We overrule the point of err or and a ffirm the judg ments of conviction.

__________________________________________ Be a Ann Smith, J ustice Be fore J ustices B . A. Smith, P atterson a nd Pury ear Affir med Filed: June 1, 2006 Do No t Pu

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