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COOPER v. STATE

No. 42897.

455 S.W.2d 273 (1970)

McKinley COOPER, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

June 2, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Andrew Z. Baker, Galveston, for appellant.

Jules Damiani, Jr., Dist. Atty., M. Bruce Fort and R. L. Wilson, Asst. Dist. Attys., Galveston and Jim D. Vollers State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

OPINION

DOUGLAS, Judge.

The conviction is for murder; the punishment, five years.

The record reflects that McKinley Cooper killed Carl Ollison by shooting him with a shotgun. Carl Ollison, the deceased, and his wife, Alta Marie, worked at the Flagship Hotel in Galveston. Mae Burton, who lived with the appellant, also worked at the Flagship. Occasionally the deceased and his wife would take Mae Burton home. After the appellant had asked the deceased...

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