COMPTON v. STATE

No. 46406.

500 S.W.2d 131 (1973)

Charles Edward COMPTON, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

Rehearing Denied October 24, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Butts & Butts, San Antonio, for appellant.

Ted Butler, Dist. Atty., Charles Conaway, John L. Quinlan, III, Richard D. Woods, Asst. Dist. Attys., San Antonio, Jim D. Vollers, State's Atty., and Robert A. Huttash, Asst. State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


OPINION

ROBERTS, Judge.

The appeal is taken from a conviction for the offense of murder with malice. Trial was before a jury; punishment was assessed by the court at 20 years' confinement.

In his voluminous brief, appellant enumerates some 35 grounds of error, many of which overlap.

The critical evidence presented is as follows: On the night of February 20, 1971, appellant went into the "We-No-Tell Club" in San Antonio.1...

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