VILLARREAL v. STATE

No. 34029.

355 S.W.2d 516 (1962)

Ignacio S. VILLARREAL, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

Rehearing Denied February 28, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John J. Pichinson and Wm. Brode Mobley, Jr., Corpus Christi, for appellant.

Leon B. Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


McDONALD, Judge.

The offense is murder; the punishment, 25 years' confinement in the penitentiary.

The sole question presented and urged upon the appeal is the contention that appellant's plea of former jeopardy should have been sustained.

The record shows that appellant had been previously placed on trial for the same offense and the jury discharged by the court after having deliberated for approximately twelve to fourteen hours. It was shown that...

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