PIRTLE v. STATE

No. 25956.

252 S.W.2d 174 (1952)

PIRTLE v. STATE.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

October 22, 1952.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

No attorney on appeal.

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


BEAUCHAMP, Judge.

Appellant was assessed a penalty of two years in the penitentiary for murder without malice. The indictment charges the murder, without malice, of Lorenzo Pleasant on the 2nd day of February, 1952.

A voluntary confession admitted in the case details the incidents of the murder and fully sustains the jury's verdict. According to her testimony given as a witness in the case, much of which is in conflict with that contained in the written confession...

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