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DONALDSON v. STATE

No. 36122.

372 S.W.2d 339 (1963)

Earl DONALDSON, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

November 13, 1963.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Cutler, Houston, for appellant.

Frank Briscoe, Dist. Atty., Houston, Carl E. F. Dally, Joe C. Shaffer and Neil McKay, Asst. Dist. Attys., Houston, and Leon B. Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

MORRISON, Judge.

The offense is murder; the punishment, 99 years.

In compliance with the ruling of the Supreme Court of the United States in Douglas and Meyes v. California, 372 U.S. 353, 83 S.Ct. 814, 9 L.Ed.2d 811, this writer instructed the trial court to appoint an attorney to represent this appellant on appeal. The Honorable John Cutler was appointed, has presented a capable brief and appeared in person to argue the case...

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