RITCHIE v. STATE

No. 28598.

296 S.W.2d 551 (1956)

John West RITCHIE, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

December 12, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

No attorney for appellant of record on appeal.

Leon Douglas, State's Atty., of 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 his punishment was assessed at confinement in the penitentiary for three years.

The evidence is undisputed that the appellant, while driving his automobile upon a public highway in McCulloch County, ran into the rear of an automobile driven by Fred Appleton, and in which his wife, Ethel Appleton, was a passenger. The evidence further...

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