PERKINS v. STATE

No. 41537.

433 S.W.2d 712 (1968)

Phillip PERKINS, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

November 13, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ray & Kirkpatrick, by C. L. Ray, Jr., Marshall, for appellant.

Leon B. Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


OPINION

ONION, Judge.

The offense is murder without malice; the punishment, five years in the Texas Department of Corrections.

The indictment charged the appellant with the murder of Edgar Frazier Willis while engaged in an act of assault with intent to commit murder upon John Henry Tanghlyn. See Article 42, Vernon's Ann. P.C.

In his fifth ground of error appellant contends the State was permitted to improperly impeach its own witness.

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