LEWIS v. STATE

No. 34181.

353 S.W.2d 466 (1962)

Nolen Henry LEWIS, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

January 31, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

No attorney for appellant of record on appeal.

Henry Wade, Asst. Dist. Atty., Jack Hampton, Phil Burleson, Asst. Dist. Atty., Dallas, and Leon B. Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


DICE, Judge.

The offense is murder; the punishment, 99 years.

The State's evidence shows that appellant killed the deceased by shooting him with a pistol. The killing occurred at the apartment of the State's witness, Emma Lynelle Anderson, with whom appellant had been having dates.

On the day in question, the deceased, an acquaintance of the State's witness, came to her apartment in the afternoon. After the deceased arrived, appellant telephoned the...

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