SCOTT v. STATE

Nos. 35828, 35829.

368 S.W.2d 216 (1963)

John Henry SCOTT, Appellant, Clyde Howard, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

May 29, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jack Pevehouse, Dallas, for appellant.

Henry Wade, Dist. Atty., James H. Miller, Stephen Guittard and Emmett Colvin, Jr., Asst. Dist. Attys., Dallas, and Leon B. Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


BELCHER, Commissioner.

The appellants, although separately indicted, were by agreement jointly tried and were convicted of murder. They were each assessed a penalty of twenty years.

The appellants, Scott and Howard, and Howard's wife, Mary, and Willie Shaw, about 2:30 P.M., July 4, arrived at Johnny's Lounge which was operated by the deceased. Later Mary and another woman had an argument and also Howard and another. Next Howard, Mary, Scott and Shaw left the...

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