ALLEN v. STATE

No. 31218.

333 S.W.2d 855 (1960)

Jack ALLEN, Appellant, v. STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

February 24, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. S. Leslie, Clifton H. Tupper, San Angelo, for appellant.

Justin A. Kever, Dist. Atty., San Angelo, Eldon Mahon, Dist. Atty., Sweetwater, and Leon B. Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


MORRISON, Presiding Judge.

The offense is murder; the punishment, twenty-five years.

The State's case showed an unprovoked killing of a stranger in a beer tavern.

The defense was that appellant was in a state of insulin shock, knew nothing of what transpired, and was therefore not criminally responsible for what occurred.

The facts were fully developed, and appellant's defense was ably presented. Some thirty-two witnesses testified, two of...

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