SMITH v. STATE

No. 27795.

283 S.W.2d 936 (1955)

Wilmont Harris SMITH, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

November 23, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Burks & Brown, by Burton S. Burks, Lubbock, for appellant.

Travis D. Shelton, Dist. Atty., Forrest Bowers, Sp. Prosecutor, Lubbock, Leon B. Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


DICE, Commissioner.

Appellant was convicted under Art. 802c, Vernon's Ann.P.C., of the offense of murder without malice and assessed punishment of confinement in the penitentiary for two years.

The facts are undisputed that on the night of December 8, 1954, the appellant, while driving his Cadillac automobile, was involved in a collision with a Nash Rambler automobile driven by the deceased, Miss Betty Jean Hancock, at the intersection of 32nd Street and Avenue...

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