MAULDIN v. STATE

No. 29323.

308 S.W.2d 36 (1957)

Ross Earl MAULDIN, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

December 18, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Irwin & Irwin and T. K. Irwin and T. J. Irwin, Jr. and George W. Irwin and R. T. Scales, Dallas, for appellant.

Henry Wade, Dist. Atty., Thomas Thorpe, A. D. Bowie and Frank Watts, Asst. Dist. Attys., Dallas, Leon B. Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


DICE, Commissioner.

The offense is murder; the punishment, 99 years.

In view of our disposition of the case, a recitation of the facts is unnecessary other than to observe that the evidence was undisputed that the appellant killed the deceased by shooting him with a gun; the homicide occurring at a cafe in the City of Dallas.

It was the State's theory, which was supported by the testimony of its witnesses, that the appellant intentionally shot the...

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