YATES v. STATE

No. 30358.

325 S.W.2d 131 (1959)

J. T. YATES, Appellant, v. STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

Rehearing Denied June 17, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. A. Droby, Robert H. Stinson, Jr., Dallas, for appellant.

Henry Wade, Dist. Atty., Dallas, William F. Alexander, Homer G. Montgomery, James M. Williamson, and A. D. Jim Bowie, Asst. Dist. Attys., Dallas, and Leon B. Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


WOODLEY, Judge.

The offense is murder; the punishment, fifty years.

The deceased, Charles Lolan Hunsaker, also known as Jack Hunsaker, was part owner and operator of the St. George Bar in Downtown Dallas.

On the night of May 29, 1957, a passing motorist heard a shot fired and saw the deceased staggering or running away from appellant, who was standing close by him when the first shot was fired.

The last two shots were fired as the deceased...

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