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PERRY v. STATE

No. 43389.

464 S.W.2d 660 (1971)

Julius Dwaine PERRY, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

Rehearing Denied March 24, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lawrence R. Green, Dallas, (By Court Appointment), for appellant.

Henry Wade, Dist. Atty., Harry J. Schulz, Jr., W. T. Westmoreland, Jr., and Edgar A. Mason, Asst. Dist. Attys., Dallas, and Jim D. Vollers, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

OPINION

DOUGLAS, Judge.

This is an appeal from a conviction for murder. The punishment was assessed by the jury at twenty years.

John Ambrose Andres, a 52-year-old prisoner, was beaten to death in a hospital ward of the Dallas County Jail.

Jack Hines was acting as corridor boss of the ward and the appellant was his assistant. Both were prisoners. It was shown that corridor bosses were to report violations of the rules, but they had no authority...

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