COOPER v. STATE

No. 33874.

351 S.W.2d 235 (1961)

Lee Otha COOPER, Appellant, v. STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

November 22, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Percy Foreman (On Appeal), Houston, for appellant.

Frank Briscoe, Dist. Atty., Carl E. F. Dally and Jon N. Hughes, Asst. Dist. Attys., Houston, and Leon B. Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


BELCHER, Commissioner.

The single count indictment upon which appellant was convicted for murder with malice charged that, while driving an automobile, he voluntarily and with malice killed the deceased by colliding with and striking him with an automobile. The punishment was assessed at 25 years.

The evidence shows that the appellant, the deceased, and several other persons had spent the evening visiting, and some of them, including the appellant and the...

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