WASHINGTON v. STATE

No. 42129.

442 S.W.2d 395 (1969)

Gussie WASHINGTON, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

June 4, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Francis L. Williams, Houston, for appellant.

Carol S. Vance, Dist. Atty., James C. Brough and Wells Stewart, Asst. Dist. Attys., Houston, and Jim D. Vollers, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


OPINION

MORRISON, Judge.

The offense is burglary; the punishment, five years.

The State's version of the events on the night in question was as follows: an observant citizen saw an unknown man, standing in front of an open garage door at 1:00 A.M. His suspicion aroused, he called the police to investigate. Some five minutes prior to the arrival of the police, the man, together with other persons, departed in a pick-up truck, easily identifiable because...

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