Larry Girard v. State Texas

In this offense a jeweler was robbed. The offense began with the jewelers teenaged sons being taken hostage. The boys were at home in Farmers Branch when two men (Barnes and Redrick) who were not masked entered the house, tied them up, and blindfolded them. A third man then came in. The jeweler came home about 20 minutes later to find the men waiting for him with guns. Only one of the three men was wearing a mask and gloves; it was the States theory that the appellant was this masked man. Of course, the jeweler could not identify the masked man; he could only say that the appellant was similar to the masked man in height (62 or 63 ) and build (athletic).