COWEY v. STATE

No. 43256.

461 S.W.2d 425 (1970)

Joe Henry COWEY, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

Rehearing Denied January 20, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert C. Koonce, Wiley Thomas, Angleton, for appellant.

Ogden Bass, Dist. Atty., James Brown, Asst. Dist. Atty., Angleton, and Jim D. Vollers, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


OPINION

MORRISON, Judge.

The offense is murder without malice under Article 802c, Vernon's Ann.P.C.; the punishment, two years in the Department of Corrections.

Appellant's sole contention in this case is that Officer Cook was permitted to testify that the appellant was traveling at a rate of speed of sixty miles an hour. The officer did not see the accident and arrived upon the scene some time thereafter. In Pettigrew v. State, 163 Tex.Cr.R. 194...

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