CANNON v. STATE

No. 28081.

289 S.W.2d 591 (1956)

Rosa CANNON, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

March 7, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roger Lewis, Dallas, for appellant.

Henry Wade, Dist. Atty., Lancaster Smith, Frank Brown and Charles S. Potts, Asst. Dist. Attys., Dallas, and Leon B. Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


BELCHER, Commissioner.

The conviction is for murder with malice; the punishment, 10 years in the penitentiary.

The testimony for the state shows that appellant went to a cafe operated by the deceased's sister, inquired of her about the deceased, and after being informed that he was out of town, said that "If he did not straighten up with her that she was going to send him to the hospital or to the cemetery"; that deceased came later to the cafe where he and...

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