WHALEY v. STATE

No. 35471.

367 S.W.2d 703 (1963)

Jimmy Rex WHALEY, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

Rehearing Denied May 29, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Walker Brents, Jr., Fort Worth (on appeal only), for appellant.

Doug Crouch, Dist. Atty., Conard Florence, Asst. Dist. Atty., Fort Worth, and Leon B. Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


MORRISON, Judge.

The offense is murder; the punishment, life.

In view of our disposition of the case, a recitation of the facts will not be necessary other than to observe that appellant and one of his companions were armed with pistols and deceased had two pistols on the seat beside him when he was killed after midnight in front of a beer drinking establishment.

During the course of his argument to the jury, the district attorney read certain portions...

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