CLEWIS v. STATE

No. 37483.

415 S.W.2d 654 (1965)

Marvin CLEWIS, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

Rehearing Denied November 10, 1965.

As Amended on Denial of Second Motion for Rehearing January 5, 1966.

Certiorari Granted October 10, 1966.

On Remand June 7, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Legg, Saxe & Baskin, by Reagan H. Legg, Midland, for appellant.

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


Certiorari Granted October 10, 1966. See 87 S.Ct. 104.

DICE, Commissioner.

The conviction is for murder; the punishment, twenty-five years.

The state's evidence shows that on July 5, 1962, the skeleton of a human being—which was identified by dental bridge work as that of appellant's wife, who had been missing from her home since the latter part of January —was found in a shallow grave northwest of the city of Midland, off Farm Road 868...

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