WASHINGTON v. STATE

No. 27949.

286 S.W.2d 629 (1956)

Marlon A. WASHINGTON, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

February 8, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

F. J. Finch, Jr., Dallas, for appellant.

Tom Moore, Jr., Dist. Atty., Burney Walker, Asst. Dist. Atty., Waco, Leon B. Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


MORRISON, Presiding Justice.

The offense is murder; the punishment, death.

Deceased's fiancee testified that she and deceased were parked in deceased's automobile near Waco on the night he was murdered, that the appellant, armed with a flashlight and a pistol, robbed them and then required her to lie on the ground and began to fondle her privates. She stated that when the deceased attempted to interfere with his advances, the appellant shot him with the pistol...

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