ASHWORTH v. STATE

No. 40514.

418 S.W.2d 668 (1967)

Lavern ASHWORTH, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

Rehearing Denied October 11, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Clyde W. Woody, Marian S. Rosen, John P. Farra (all on appeal only), Houston, for appellant.

Carol S. Vance, Dist. Atty., Phyllis Bell and Donald Keith, Asst. Dist. Attys., Houston, and Leon B. Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


OPINION

DICE, Judge.

Appellant was tried upon an indictment for murder with malice and convicted of the offense of murder without malice. Punishment was assessed at confinement in the Department of Corrections for a term of five years.

Notice was given by the state that it would not seek the death penalty.

The issues of appellant's guilt or innocence and punishment were determined under the alternate procedure provided by Art. 37.07-2 of...

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