COOKS v. STATE

Nos. 37409, 37410.

385 S.W.2d 392 (1964)

Vernon COOKS, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

Rehearing Denied January 27, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

No attorney of record on appeal for appellant.

Henry Wade, Dist. Atty., A. D. Jim Bowie, Walton P. Bondies and C. M. Turlington, Asst. Dist. Attys., Dallas, and Leon B. Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


MORRISON, Judge.

The two cases were heard together and will be jointly considered on appeal. The conviction in each case is for burglary upon a plea of nolo contendere, and the punishment in each case was assessed at two years. No effort was made to cumulate the sentences.

By stipulation, by appellant's written confession and by his testimony it is shown that on April 18, 1964, and again on April 23, 1964, appellant and three companions broke into railroad...

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