BINGHAM v. STATE

No. 27899.

290 S.W.2d 915 (1956)

Leonard Lionel BINGHAM, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

Rehearing Denied May 23, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George W. Willey, Fort Stockton, W. A. Hadden, Sr., Fort Stockton, J. P. Darrouzet and Arthur Mitchell, Austin, for appellant.

Connell Ashley, Dist. Atty., Fort Stockton, John R. Lee, Dist. Atty., Kermit, Leon B. Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


DAVIDSON, Judge.

This is a conviction for murder, with the death penalty assessed. A former appeal in this case will be found reported in Tex. Cr.App., 275 S.W.2d 819.

At the time the case was tried (July, 1955), there was in force and effect Chap. 288, Acts of the Regular Session of the 54th Legislature, amending Arts. 2133 and 2135, R.C.S., Vernon's Ann.Civ.St. arts. 2133, 2135, and also Arts. 623 and 670, C.C. P., Vernon...

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