LOPEZ v. STATE

No. 31371.

339 S.W.2d 906 (1960)

Ernesto Martinez LOPEZ, Appellant, v. STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

Rehearing Denied November 9, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tom Howard, Robert C. Benavides, Bill Thomas, Dallas, for appellant.

Henry Wade, Criminal Dist. Atty., James K. Allen, First Asst. Dist. Atty., H. Dustin Fillmore, Ben F. Ellis, Jerome Chamberlain, Jr., Phil Burleson, Asst. Dist. Attys., Dallas, and Leon B. Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


DICE, Commissioner.

The offense is murder; the punishment, death.

The State's evidence shows that the deceased, Jeanette Irene Mangan, who was 12 years of age, lived with her parents at 3257 Kingbridge Street in the City of Dallas. On the afternoon of December 31, 1956, the deceased left her home around 4:30 P.M. with her little 14-month-old brother to go to a nearby grocery store. Shortly thereafter they were picked up by the appellant and Simon Rodriguez...

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