POTEET v. STATE

No. 24981.

233 S.W.2d 850 (1950)

POTEET v. STATE.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

November 15, 1950.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James H. Martin, and Irwin & Irwin, and Robert C. Benavides, all of Dallas, for appellant.

George P. Blackburn, State's Atty., of Austin, for the State.


WOODLEY, Commissioner.

The conviction is for murder with malice, with punishment assessed at five years confinement in the penitentiary.

Appellant was the owner and operator of a beer tavern. The deceased, Lee Bowen, on a prior occasion had visited appellant's place of business and engaged in a fist fight with appellant.

On the day of the homicide the deceased and one Delbert O. Crain came to the beer tavern. Upon leaving the building, the deceased...

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