DURST v. STATE

No. 26862.

265 S.W.2d 118 (1954)

DURST v. STATE.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

March 3, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

M. Gabriel Nahas, Jr., D. B. Mauzy, Houston, for appellant.

William H. Scott, Dist. Atty., King C. Haynie, Asst. Dist. Atty., Houston, Wesley Dice, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


GRAVES, Presiding Judge.

Appellant was charged with the murder with malice of one, Sampson Melvin Ramey, and upon conviction his punishment was assessed at confinement in the state penitentiary for a term of 25 years.

The indictment contains three counts: the first alleging that the killing was done by cutting and stabbing the said Ramey with a knife; the second count alleging that such killing was done by cutting him with a razor; and the third count alleging...

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