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SHELTON v. STATE

No. 41990.

441 S.W.2d 536 (1969)

Homer Lee SHELTON, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

Rehearing Denied June 18, 1969.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James W. Lee, III Dallas, for appellant.

Henry Wade, Dist. Atty., Malcolm Dade, Kerry P. FitzGerald and James P. Finstrom, Asst. Dist. Attys., Dallas, and Jim D. Vollers, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

OPINION

DOUGLAS, Judge.

The conviction is for murder; the punishment, life.

The indictment alleged that Homer Lee Shelton killed Josephine McWright by slapping her with his hand, hitting her with his first, throwing and dropping her body against a door and against the floor of the house.

Appellant contends that the evidence is insufficient to support the conviction. Jesse Hudspeth testified that he was manager of a rooming house; that he...

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