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BELL v. STATE

No. 42042.

442 S.W.2d 716 (1969)

Vera Lee BELL, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

Rehearing Denied July 16, 1969.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lee P. Ward, Jr., David C. Middleton, Houston, for appellant.

Carol S. Vance, Dist. Atty., William W. Burge and Erwin G. Ernst, Asst. Dist. Attys., Houston, and Jim D. Vollers, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

OPINION

MORRISON, Judge.

The offense is murder with malice; the punishment, 20 years.

The evidence adduced at the trial shows that on the night in question, at approximately 12:40 and 12:45 A.M. a woman who identified herself as appellant called the Houston police and requested an ambulance, stating that she had shot her husband and another woman, and giving her address. Within the hour five members of the Houston police force arrived separately...

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