BECK v. STATE

No. 34668.

360 S.W.2d 410 (1962)

William Henry BECK, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

Rehearing Denied October 10, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brown & Shuman, by Clifford W. Brown, Lubbock, for appellant.

Alton R. Griffin, Dist. Atty., by George H. Nelson, Asst. Dist. Atty., Lubbock, and Leon B. Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


DICE, Commissioner.

Pandering is the offense; the punishment, enhanced by reason of two prior convictions for felonies less than capital, life imprisonment.

The conviction is under that portion of the pandering statute, Art. 519, Vernon's Ann.P.C., which reads:

"Any person who shall procure or attempt to procure or be concerned in procuring with or without her consent a female for prostitution * * * shall be confined in the penitentiary for any term...

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