RATCLIFFE v. STATE

No. 43518.

464 S.W.2d 664 (1971)

Eddie RATCLIFFE, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

March 17, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dickson and Associates by DeEdward Greer, Houston, for appellant.

Carol Vance, Dist. Atty., James C. Brough and Erwin G. Ernst, Asst. Dist. Attys., Houston, and Jim D. Vollers, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


OPINION

ODOM, Judge.

This appeal is from a conviction by the trial court for murder with malice, the state having waived the death penalty; the punishment was assessed at 20 years.

Appellant claims two grounds of error. He first contends that "the judgment and sentence of twenty years is contrary to the law and evidence" in that the evidence and findings fail to reflect malice.

The evidence reflects that on December 21, 1968, at approximately...

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