GARCIA v. STATE

No. 30306.

319 S.W.2d 727 (1959)

Francisco GARCIA, Appellant, v. STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

January 14, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thompson & Hight, Fort Worth, for appellant.

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


MORRISON, Presiding Judge.

The offense is murder without malice; the punishment, five years.

In view of our disposition of this case, it is unnecessary to set out the facts other than to observe that the appellant testified he shot in self defense, and made application for a suspended sentence.

On cross-examination, the appellant was asked, "Have you ever been arrested for unlawfully carrying a pistol?" and was required to answer that he had been ...

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