BELL v. STATE

No. 32338.

340 S.W.2d 294 (1960)

Oliver J. BELL, Appellant, v. STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

November 9, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Milton H. Mulitz, Houston, for appellant.

Dan Walton, Dist. Atty., Samuel H. Robertson, Jr., Erwin G. Ernst, Asst. Dist. Attys., Houston, and Leon B. Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


WOODLEY, Judge.

The offense is murder; the punishment, 15 years.

The evidence shows that Robert Lyons, the deceased, and Leonard Richardson and the appellant got together in Houston and started for Louisiana. The automobile belonged to appellant and the deceased and Richardson paid for the gas.

After traveling a short distance out of the city, appellant stated that he did not want to go to Louisiana and directed Richardson, who was driving, to turn...

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