DIXON v. STATE

No. 38869.

397 S.W.2d 454 (1966)

Melvin Lee DIXON, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

January 5, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

M. S. Morgan, Houston, for appellant.

Frank Briscoe, Dist. Atty., Carl E. F. Dally, James C. Brough and Carol S. Vance, Asst. Dist. Attys., Houston, and Leon B. Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


DICE, Commissioner.

The offense is murder; the punishment, death.

The state's evidence shows that the deceased, Marion Harlow, owned and operated Bubba's Grocery Store at 2219 Chenevert Street in the city of Houston. On the morning of March 26, 1964, the deceased was seen running from the store, around 10 a. m., in pursuit of a man who was shown by the evidence to be the appellant. While being pursued, appellant fired several shots with a .22 calibre pistol...

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