WECHSLER v. STATE

No. 34633.

361 S.W.2d 379 (1962)

Albert WECHSLER, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

On Motion for Rehearing October 31, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nicholas & Barrera, Roy R. Barrera, San Antonio, for appellant.

Charles J. Lieck, Jr., Criminal Dist. Atty., Jack Paul Leon, Asst. Criminal Dist. Atty., San Antonio, and Leon B. Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


MORRISON, Judge.

The offense is false swearing; the punishment, 2 years.

During the course of a murder trial in San Antonio, it was discovered that defense attorneys, among them one Abe San Miguel, had in their files certain photostatic copies of statements of witnesses which were a part of the State's file in the case. Following this, each employee of the district attorney's office, including appellant (who was an investigator employed by such department...

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