WILSON v. STATE

No. 39214.

400 S.W.2d 923 (1966)

Eddie WILSON, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

Rehearing Denied April 20, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

No Attorney of Record on Appeal, for appellant.

Henry Wade, Dist. Atty., James H. Miller, James B. Zimmermann and W. John Allison, Asst. Dist. Attys., Dallas, and Leon B. Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


DICE, Commissioner.

The offense is murder; the punishment, fifty years.

The state's evidence was undisputed that the deceased was killed by a bullet fired from a 30.06 rifle in the hands of appellant. The killing occurred in the city of Dallas in the vicinity of the intersection of Sanger and Ervay Streets. Witnesses to the killing testified that shortly before 10 p. m. on the night in question the appellant was seen standing behind a telephone pole in front...

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