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THOMAS v. STATE

No. 45368.

488 S.W.2d 777 (1972)

Edgar THOMAS, Jr., Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

Rehearing Denied January 24, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Ellis, Dallas, for appellant.

Henry Wade, Dist. Atty., and Robert T. Baskett, Asst. Dist. Atty., Dallas, and Jim D. Vollers, State's Atty., Robert A. Huttash, Asst. 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 ninety-nine years.

The sufficiency of the evidence is not challenged. The State's testimony reflects that the appellant killed Tommie Lee Coleman by stabbing him with a knife. The appellant testified that he killed Coleman by stabbing him with a knife. His version was that he took the knife from Coleman and killed him in self-defense...

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