JAMES v. STATE

No. 32431.

341 S.W.2d 436 (1960)

Robert Henry JAMES, Appellant, v. STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

November 23, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tom Sanders, Joe J. Newman, Houston, for appellant.

Dan Walton, Dist. Atty., Carl E. F. Dally, Carol S. Vance, Assts. Dist. Atty., Houston and Leon B. Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


BELCHER, Commissioner.

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

Following several hours of drinking beer, some dancing, and an automobile trip, the appellant and his woman companion, the deceased, and another couple, about 2 A.M. stopped appellant's car and the other couple entered another car and the appellant and his companion drove away. Shortly thereafter, a woman was seen walking on the right...

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