LAWHON v. STATE

No. 27959.

290 S.W.2d 663 (1956)

Claude LAWHON, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

February 8, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Martin & Shown, King C. Haynie, Houston, for appellant.

Dan Walton, Dist. Atty., Eugene Brady & Thomas D. White, Asst. Dist. Attys., Houston, Leon B. Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


WOODLEY, Judge.

Appellant and one James R. Campbell were charged by indictment with assault with intent to murder with malice, alleged to have been committed upon James Parnell Roy. Severance was granted and the case against Campbell being dismissed, appellant Lawhon was alone on trial.

The court submitted only aggravated assault and simple assault, and the jury returned the following verdict: "We, the jury, find the Defendant guilty of aggravated assault...

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