GENTSCH v. STATE

No. 30769.

324 S.W.2d 885 (1959)

James F. GENTSCH, Appellant, v. STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

June 3, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jack W. Knight, Houston, for appellant.

Dan Walton, Dist. Atty., Thomas D. White and Samuel H. Rebertson, Jr., Asst. Dist. Attys., Houston, and Leon B. Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


WOODLEY, Judge.

The information was in three counts, all of which were submitted to the jury. Count 1 charged negligent homicide in the first degree.

Counts 2 and 3 charged negligent homicide in the second degree, while engaged in the commission of a misdemeanor. The latter counts were referred to in the court's charge as "second degree, first count" and "second degree, second count."

The jury's verdict reads: "We, the jury find the defendant guilty...

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