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LOCKE v. STATE

No. 42760.

453 S.W.2d 484 (1970)

Junius T. LOCKE, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

April 29, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thorne Dobbins, Pasadena (on appeal only), for appellant.

Carol S. Vance, Dist. Atty., Phyllis Bell and Ted Busch, 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, 15 years.

Appellant's first ground of error, if we properly understand it, is that the court erred in improperly limiting his cross examination of the witness Drake before the jury. During appellant's cross examination of the witness, a question arose, and the jury were retired. It was then developed that the witness was charged with burglary and had been charged with a shooting...

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