FORD v. STATE

No. 47719.

507 S.W.2d 735 (1974)

Roosevelt FORD, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

Rehearing Denied April 24, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert G. Coltzer, Galveston (Court-appointed), for appellant.

Jules Damiani, Jr., Dist. Atty., Ronald L. Wilson, Asst. Dist. Atty., Galveston, Jim D. Vollers, State's Atty., and Buddy Stevens, Asst. State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


OPINION

ROBERTS, Judge.

The appellant was convicted of the offense of murder with malice and sentenced to ninety-nine years' imprisonment.

Appellant's first ground of error urges that the court should have granted his requested charge to the jury instructing them to acquit if they found the homicide to be the independent act of appellant's co-defendant.

Appellant submitted three such requested charges, all in substantially the same language...

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