HAYNES v. STATE

No. 30044.

317 S.W.2d 945 (1958)

George Preston HAYNES, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

November 5, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marion G. Holt, A. L. Lowery, Nacogdoches, for appellant.

Leon B. Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


DICE, Commissioner.

The conviction is for murder with malice; the punishment, 7½ years in the penitentiary.

The State's evidence shows that the appellant killed the deceased by cutting him with a knife; the homicide occurring at a cafe in the City of Nacogdoches.

According to the State's witnesses, appellant came to the cafe in company with his companion Curtis Stanberry and two girls, and later the deceased Paul Roberson, Jr., came into the cafe...

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