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JACKSON v. STATE

No. 38841.

403 S.W.2d 145 (1966)

Robert Eddie Louis JACKSON, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

Rehearing Denied April 13, 1966.

Second Motion for Rehearing Denied May 25, 1966.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sid S. Stover, Jasper, for appellant.

Grady O. Trimble, Dist. Atty., Jasper, Floyd W. Addington, Dist. Atty., Jasper (on rehearing), Bill A. Martin, County Atty., Newton (on rehearing), Leon B. Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

OPINION

BELCHER, Commissioner.

The conviction is for murder; the punishment, death.

The testimony of the state reveals that Patrolman Nicholson of the Department of Public Safety stopped an automobile about 2 a.m., January 26, which the appellant was driving with a headlight out. Using a flashlight he approached the car also occupied by two other persons when the appellant suddenly reversed his car which struck Nicholson's car, damaging the fender...

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