LITTLEFIELD v. STATE

No. 30442.

321 S.W.2d 79 (1959)

M. W. LITTLEFIELD, Appellant, v. STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

February 25, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Legg & Saxe, Midland, Reagan H. Legg, Midland, of counsel, for appellant.

Leonard Howell, County Atty., Midland, and Leon B. Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


MORRISON, Presiding Judge.

The offense is negligent homicide in the second degree; the punishment, 3 years in jail.

The appellant was a repairman for a music machine company, went on a "change call," and did not return in time for supper; his wife went in search of him; when she found him he was seated in a beer establishment drinking a soft drink, and she slapped the same from his hands. Without a word the appellant went to his pickup truck and drove away...

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