MADDEN v. STATE

No. 33013.

344 S.W.2d 690 (1961)

Roberta MADDEN, Appellant, v. STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

March 8, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. H. Betts, J. C. McEvoy, Hempstead, for appellant.

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


DICE, Commissioner.

The conviction is for murder without malice; the punishment, 5 years.

The proof shows that the appellant was the deceased's wife. They owned a home near the City of Hempstead in Waller County but were separated and living apart at the time of the killing. On the day of the homicide, appellant hired the State's witness Steve Washington to carry her from Houston to Hempstead for the purpose of attempting a reconciliation with her husband...

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