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KING v. STATE

No. 30389.

320 S.W.2d 841 (1959)

William Howard KING, Appellant, v. STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

February 4, 1959.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William Howard King, pro se.

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

WOODLEY, Judge.

The offense is murder; the punishment, 99 years.

The deceased and his buddy John Joseph Nobile (not to be confused with William (Bill) Nobles, appellant's co-principal) were soldiers. They came to Waco from Ft. Hood with other soldiers on a Saturday night.

While waiting for their companions to pick them up for the return trip to Ft. Hood, the deceased and Nobile were lying on the grass outside the club where they had been dancing and...

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