JACKSON v. STATE

No. 27536.

278 S.W.2d 310 (1955)

Anna Lee JACKSON, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

May 4, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

No attorney on appeal.

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


MORRISON, Presiding Judge.

The offense is murder; the punishment, two years.

The homicide occurred at the appellant's home after three o'clock in the morning. The appellant and deceased were alone at the time of the homicide. The appellant's husband was out of town. The appellant and deceased had been together at a tavern earlier in the evening and had arrived at appellant's home about midnight.

The State's evidence as to what transpired immediately...

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