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COLLINS v. STATE

No. 32032.

340 S.W.2d 38 (1960)

Paul COLLINS, Appellant, v. STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

October 26, 1960.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

B. L. Collins, Lufkin, for appellant.

Fred Hudson, Jr., Dist. Atty., Center, Leon B. Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

DICE, Commissioner.

The conviction is for murder; the punishment, life imprisonment.

On a prior appeal from an order denying bail, in a habeas corpus proceeding, appellant was granted bail by this Court. Ex parte Collins, Tex.Cr.App., 330 S.W.2d 194.

The State's evidence shows that the deceased, who was about 75 years of age and the father of appellant, lived in a hotel where other elderly men resided. On the day...

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