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HAGANS v. STATE

No. 34125.

372 S.W.2d 946 (1962)

Edward Otho HAGANS, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

Rehearing Denied January 2, 1963.

Second Rehearing Denied February 20, 1963.

Third Rehearing Denied March 27, 1963.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marion G. Holt, Jack Pierce, Nacogdoches, for appellant.

Hulon B. Brown, Dist. Atty., Jacksonville, Edmund F. Benchoff, County Atty., Nacogdoches, and Leon B. Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

BELCHER, Commissioner.

The appellant, Edward Otho Hagans, and Elsie Marie Hagans, alias Elsie Marie Milner, were jointly indicted and tried for the murder of Zoura F. Hagans. Upon conviction, the death penalty was assessed against the appellant (life imprisonment was assessed against his companion) and he alone appeals.

The evidence introduced by the state reveals that the appellant is guilty of the violent, cruel and brutal murder of Zoura F. Hagans by beating...

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