DOWLING v. STATE

No. 29637.

317 S.W.2d 533 (1958)

William Alfred DOWLING, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

Rehearing Denied May 7, 1958.

Certiorari Denied November 10, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carl E. F. Dally, Houston, for appellant.

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


Certiorari Denied November 10, 1958. See 79 S.Ct. 127.

MORRISON, Presiding Judge.

A prior death penalty murder conviction of this appellant was reversed because certain evidence was denied the accused. Dowling v. State, Tex.Cr.App., 301 S.W.2d 920. Upon retrial, the death penalty was again inflicted.

The State's witness testified that the appellant approached his wife on a downtown street in Houston and shot her...

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