SCOTT v. STATE

No. 45732.

490 S.W.2d 578 (1973)

Julius C. SCOTT, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

February 14, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald Eastland and David B. Anderson, Hillsboro, for appellant.

Jim D. Vollers, State's Atty., and Robert A. Huttash, Asst. State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


OPINION

MORRISON, Judge.

The offense is murder; the punishment, two hundred (200) years.

Appellant's first grounds of error arise out of the claim of double jeopardy and collateral estoppel. On December 11, 1969, two men, J. C. Phillips and R. L. McClure, were shot and killed by robbers who entered the Phillips' store. Appellant was convicted of the murder of Phillips and his appeal was affirmed. Scott v. State, Tex.Cr.App., 471...

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