JONES v. STATE

No. 39085.

402 S.W.2d 191 (1966)

Joseph JONES, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

Rehearing Denied May 18, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brantley Pringle, Fort Worth, for appellant.

Doug Crouch, Dist. Atty., Charles D. Butts, Asst. Dist. Atty., Fort Worth, and Leon B. Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


DICE, Commissioner.

The conviction is under Art. 802c, Vernon's Ann.P.C., for the offense of murder without malice; the punishment, two years.

The state's testimony shows that while the deceased (a young boy), and his eleven-year-old companion, Cecil James Tuck, were riding a bicycle in the 3700 block of Burnice Street in the city of Fort Worth shortly before 6 p. m., the bicycle was struck from the rear by a Buick automobile traveling in the same direction...

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