BRUCE v. STATE

No. 39528.

402 S.W.2d 919 (1966)

Robert Vernon BRUCE, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

Rehearing Denied June 1, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles W. Tessmer, Emmett Colvin, Jr., Dallas, for appellant.

Henry Wade, Dist. Atty., Charles Caperton, Tom F. Reese and W. John Allison, Jr., Asst. Dist. Attys., Dallas and Leon B. Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


BELCHER, Commissioner.

The appellant was convicted of the offense of murder with malice, the jury assessing his penalty at life in the penitentiary.

The summary of the evidence in appellant's brief fairly presents the facts and is substantially as follows:

The daughter of the appellant, aged 12, at the time of the shooting, lived with her parents, the appellant and his now deceased wife. The daughter testified that on December 22, 1964, the morning...

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