HENDERSON v. STATE

No. 39402.

402 S.W.2d 180 (1966)

Henry Lee HENDERSON, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

Rehearing Denied May 4, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John J. Browne (by Court Appointment), Houston, for appellant.

Carol S. Vance, Dist. Atty., Charles E. Bonney and Erwin G. Ernst, Asst. Dist. Attys., and Leon B. Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


WOODLEY, Judge.

The offense is murder; the punishment, 20 years.

The indictment alleged that appellant did with malice aforethought kill Henry Amey by shooting him with a gun.

Appellant pleaded not guilty and filed application for suspended sentence.

Evidence was introduced by the state to the effect that Amey died as the result of a gunshot wound of the chest. The shooting occurred in The Texas Cafe, owned by one Isaac Texas who died prior...

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