SCOTT v. STATE

No. 32404.

340 S.W.2d 52 (1960)

Felo SCOTT, Appellant, v. STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

November 16, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jack W. Knight, Houston, for appellant.

Dan Walton, Dist. Atty., Carl E. F. Dally, Lee P. Ward, Jr., Asst. Dist. Attys., Houston, and Leon B. Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


MORRISON, Presiding Judge.

The offense is murder; the punishment, 20 years.

Appellant and one Jackson were told to leave a drinking establishment because they were arguing; soon thereafter a shot was fired and LaBome, the deceased, was found lying in a pool of blood.

Officer Hruzek, who investigated the killing, testified that he went to appellant's home and asked for the weapon he had used in the shooting; appellant got it from a drawer and said,...

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