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MORRIS v. STATE

No. 45485.

488 S.W.2d 768 (1973)

Walter Lee MORRIS, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

January 10, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Murray H. Nance, Jr., Stephen F. Hefner, Sherman, for appellant.

Clifford Powell, County Atty., and Robert E. Richardson, Jr., Asst. County Atty., Sherman, 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 at death.

The indictment alleged that on December 23, 1969, Walter Lee Morris killed D. C. Arnold by shooting him with a gun. The record reflects that Arnold was a sergeant of the Sherman police department.

The sufficiency of the evidence is not challenged. The main issues on appeal concern the denial of a motion to change venue and the admission...

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