WOOD v. STATE

No. 36440.

374 S.W.2d 896 (1964)

Edward F. WOOD, Jr., Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

Rehearing Denied February 19, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bryan Wingo, Corpus Christi, for appellant.

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


DICE, Commissioner.

The offense is assault to murder with malice; the punishment, eighteen years in the penitentiary.

Appellant lived with his wife and children in the city of Corpus Christi. One of the children, Tracie Lynn Wood, the injured party, was about two years old. On March 27, 1963, appellant's wife came to the fence of a next-door neighbor, with the injured party wrapped in a blanket. At such time, the child's eyes, face, and head were swollen and...

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