ADAIR v. STATE

No. 24966.

235 S.W.2d 170 (1950)

ADAIR v. STATE.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

Rehearing Denied January 17, 1951.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

A. S. Baskett, Jimmie MacNicoll, Edgar Smith, and Harvey Lindsey, all of Dallas, for appellant.

Will R. Wilson, Jr., Crim. Dist. Atty., Charles S. Potts, Asst. Dist. Atty., and Waller M. Collie, Jr., Asst. Dist. Atty., all of Dallas, and George P. Blackburn, State's Atty., of Austin, for the State.


BEAUCHAMP, Judge.

The appeal is from a conviction for rape in which the jury fixed the punishment at death.

The case is a most unusual one, especially from the standpoint of the history of the accused. He was born in El Paso; was reared for the most part by his aunt in the City of Dallas where he went through high school; he saw combat service with the Navy and remained in the Navy for quite a while after the close of hostilities; he returned to Dallas and...

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