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GOODWIN v. STATE

No. 29004.

307 S.W.2d 264 (1957)

Vernon GOODWIN, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

November 13, 1957.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. C. McDonald, Wichita Falls, for appellant.

A. W. Davis, Dist. Atty., Paducah, Leon B. Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

DAVIDSON, Judge.

Our former opinion affirming the judgment of the trial court is withdrawn and the following is substituted:

The conviction is for the offense of being an accomplice to the crime of attempted arson; the punishment, two years in the penitentiary.

One who wilfully attempts to burn the house of another is guilty of the offense of attempt at arson (art. 1316, P.C.).

An accomplice is one who is not present at the commission of an...

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