PITCOCK v. STATE

No. 40644.

420 S.W.2d 719 (1967)

Carrel Wayne PITCOCK, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

Rehearing Denied December 6, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John L. Scott, Jr., Amarillo, for appellant.

Naomi Harney, County Atty., Franklin Killough, Ass't. County Atty., Amarillo, and Leon B. Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


OPINION

BELCHER, Judge.

The conviction is for aggravated assault, with the punishment assessed at two years in jail.

The assaulted party was the wife of the appellant.

The refusal of appellant's motion for a new trial is urged as reversible error upon the ground that the state did not contradict it.

It is not necessary for the state to join issue with the defendant by a written pleading. Art. 40.06, Vernon's Ann. C.C.P.; Cade v. State...

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