ROBERTS v. STATE

No. 27428.

276 S.W.2d 821 (1955)

Robert E. Lee ROBERTS, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

March 2, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

O'Brien Stevens, Houston, for appellant.

Dan Walton, Dist. Atty., Eugene Brady, Jr., Asst. Dist. Atty., Houston, Leon Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


DAVIDSON, Judge.

Under an indictment charging appellant with the malicious murder of Coy Tipton Oakes, appellant was found guilty of murder without malice and his punishment assessed at two years in the penitentiary.

Deceased was the tenant of appellant and resided in a house two doors from that belonging to and occupied by appellant. The dispute between the parties which culminated in this killing arose over the fact that deceased's son persisted in watering...

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