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JOHNSON v. STATE

No. 45568.

489 S.W.2d 611 (1973)

Lloyd JOHNSON, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

January 17, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stuart Kinard, Houston, for appellant.

Carol S. Vance, Dist. Atty., Phyllis Bell and Rick Stover, Asst. Dist. Attys., Houston, Jim D. Vollers, State's Atty., and Robert A. Huttash, Asst. State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

OPINION

ODOM, Judge.

This appeal is from a conviction for the offense of murder; punishment was assessed at death.

The sufficiency of the evidence is not challenged. Nevertheless, a brief summary of the testimony will be stated.

Claudis Pryor testified that appellant, his cousin, telephoned him about 10:00 P.M. on November 24, 1970, and told him that he had just killed his girl friend and her baby. He stated the appellant seemed very excited...

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