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RODGERS v. STATE

No. 43931.

468 S.W.2d 438 (1971)

James Willis RODGERS, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

June 29, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Glenn Hausenfluck, Fort Worth, Court appointed on appeal only, for appellant.

Frank Coffey, Dist. Atty., Roger W. Crampton and John Garrett Hill, Asst. Dist. Attys., Fort Worth and Jim D. Vollers, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

OPINION

ROBERTS, Judge.

This is an appeal from a conviction for murder with malice. The jury assessed the punishment at 99 years.

The sufficiency of the evidence is not challenged. Several eyewitnesses testified that on September 1, 1968, appellant shot the deceased with a gun in a Fort Worth pool hall. He then fled the scene of the killing.

Appellant's three grounds of error complains of his arrest on April 7, 1969, in the city of Los Angeles...

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