GIBSON v. STATE

No. 27928.

286 S.W.2d 167 (1956)

Cleo Neil GIBSON, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

January 4, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Coleman Cline, Fort Worth, for appellant.

Howard M. Fender, Criminal Dist. Atty., Grady Hight, Eugene D. Biddle, Conard Florence, Asst. Crim. Dist. Attys., Fort Worth, and Leon B. Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


MORRISON, Presiding Judge.

The offense is murder; the punishment, 10 years.

As the deceased and his wife, in company with Eddie Mae Tillman and her companion, left the Hollywood Inn at midnight, they encountered the appellant, her companion Cash and two other men. It would appear that none of the parties knew each other prior to this encounter. There is a conflict in the evidence as to what thereafter transpired.

The appellant's confession and the...

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