WILLIAMS v. STATE

No. 32831.

343 S.W.2d 266 (1961)

Raymond Oscar WILLIAMS, Appellant, v. STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

February 22, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward L. Lasof, Donald Lasof, Houston, for appellant.

Dan Walton, Dist. Atty., Carl E. F. Dally and Charles C. Castles, Asst. Dist. Attys., Houston, Leon B. Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


BELCHER, Commissioner.

The prior opinion is withdrawn and the following is substituted therefor.

The conviction is for murder; the punishment, twenty-five years.

The testimony of the state shows that during the morning of March 12, 1959 appellant's brother Robert Williams, the deceased and several other colored men, were engaged in a dice game. During the game Robert accused someone of taking $5 of his money. He did not accuse anyone by name, but pulled...

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