SNOW v. STATE

No. 29994.

318 S.W.2d 893 (1958)

Ross SNOW, Appellant, v. STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

October 29, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James J. Shown, Larry Emerson, Houston, W. E. Martin, Houston, for appellant.

Dan Walton, Dist. Atty., Thomas D. White and Howell E. Stone, Asst. Dist. Attys., Houston, and Leon B. Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


MORRISON, Presiding Judge.

The offense is murder; the punishment, five years.

In view of our disposition of this appeal, a recitation of the facts will not be deemed necessary other than to observe that, according to the State's witnesses, the deceased cursed the appellant as he passed in an automobile, and the issue of self defense was closely contested.

Bill of exception No. 1 recites that, after the jury had been selected and as they were preparing...

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