RHODES v. STATE

No. 32546.

341 S.W.2d 172 (1960)

Ella Mae RHODES, Appellant, v. STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

December 14, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

No attorney for appellant of record on appeal.

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


BELCHER, Commissioner.

The conviction is for murder; the punishment, twelve years.

The testimony shows that the appellant cut the deceased with a sharp knife in the neck and in the chest and also inflicted numerous other serious bodily injuries on the deceased with the knife which caused his death in a short time.

Appellant testifying in her own behalf stated that when she and the deceased met in the street that he cursed and struck her and she staggered...

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