PETERSON v. STATE

No. 24962.

235 S.W.2d 138 (1950)

PETERSON v. STATE.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

Rehearing Denied January 10, 1951.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ross Hoffman, Brady, for appellant.

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


BEAUCHAMP, Judge.

The appeal is from a conviction for murder, with a life sentence in the penitentiary.

The indictment charges appellant with the murder of Lewis Patterson on the 25th day of August, 1949, by shooting him with a gun. The record is without dispute that at the time of the commission of the offense accused was under eighteen years of age. She had been twice married and was from the State of Massachusetts, where her parents reside. She was a stranger...

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