WASHINGTON v. STATE

No. 38425.

394 S.W.2d 505 (1965)

Earnest WASHINGTON, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

October 4, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Francis L. Williams, Houston, for appellant.

Frank Briscoe, Dist. Atty., Carl E. F. Dally, James C. Brough and Daniel P. Ryan, Jr., Asst. Dist. Attys., Houston, and Leon B. Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


BELCHER, Commissioner.

The conviction is for murder; the punishment, ten years.

The appellant owned two houses which were located on adjoining lots. He occupied one and Jonathan Hadnot and Jessie Marie Dickson lived together in the other, as tenants. On the day of the shooting, when Jessie paid the past-due rent money to the appellant, he asked that they move and offered to return the money if they would do so and leave the house in good condition. About 9...

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