SLAUGHTER v. STATE

No. 31699.

336 S.W.2d 944 (1960)

Claude SLAUGHTER, Appellant, v. STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

June 25, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mays & Jacobs, by J. C. Jacobs, Corsicana, for appellant.

Leon B. Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


WOODLEY, Judge.

On a former day of this term the judgment of conviction herein was affirmed and appellant's first and second motions for rehearing were overruled.

Our attention has now been called to what appears to be a fatal defect in the jury's verdict. Our prior opinions are therefore withdrawn and the following substituted.

The third count of the indictment alleged the unlawful possession of ethyl morphine, a narcotic drug.

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