SISTRUNK v. STATE

No. 31044.

331 S.W.2d 323 (1959)

James Pierce SISTRUNK, Appellant, v. STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

December 2, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Henry Wade, Cr. Dist. Atty., John Mead, Jr., Robert E. Lyle, A. D. (Jim) Bowie, Phil Burleson, James M. Williamson, Asst. Dist. Attys., Dallas, and Leon B. Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


MORRISON, Presiding Judge.

The offense is assault with intent to murder, with a prior conviction for an offense of like character alleged for enhancement; the punishment, fifteen years under Art. 62, Vernon's Ann.P.C.

The sufficiency of the evidence to sustain the conviction is not challenged insofar as the facts are concerned and for this reason we adopt the statement of the same as set out in appellant's brief:

"The appellant is James Sistrunk....

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