JOHNSON v. STATE

No. 37768.

386 S.W.2d 810 (1965)

Booker T. JOHNSON, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

February 17, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alfred J. Jackson, Jr., Fort Worth, for appellant.

Doug Crouch, Dist. Atty., Grady Hight, Asst. Dist. Atty., Fort Worth, and Leon B. Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


DICE, Commissioner.

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

Appellant and the deceased, although not legally married, lived together as husband and wife and operated a cafe in the city of Fort Worth.

The state's evidence shows that on the day of the homicide the deceased opened the cafe around 5 p. m. In a short time appellant came in the front door, sat down at a booth, and had a conversation with the deceased, who was standing behind...

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