HUGHES v. STATE

No. 34685.

358 S.W.2d 386 (1962)

Robert O. HUGHES, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

June 13, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jacko Hargrove (On Appeal Only), Houston, for appellant.

Frank Briscoe, Dist. Atty., Samuel H. Robertson, Jr., Thomas C. Dunn, Assts. Dist. Atty., Houston, and Leon B. Douglas, State's Atty., of Austin, for the State.


WOODLEY, Presiding Judge.

The offense is murder; the punishment, 30 years.

The undisputed evidence, including the testimony of appellant, shows that at about 11 o'clock P.M. on August 3, 1961, just outside Katy's Lunchroom, where lunches and beer were sold and pool games were played, appellant shot and killed the deceased.

The state's evidence was that appellant, who was carrying a pistol, cursed a cousin of the deceased and the manager told appellant...

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