GRANDISON v. STATE

No. 48976.

514 S.W.2d 763 (1974)

John Paul GRANDISON, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

October 23, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Howard B. Law, Dallas, for appellant.

Henry Wade, Dist. Atty. and Ronald D. Hinds, Asst. Dist. Atty., Dallas, and Jim D. Vollers, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


OPINION

DALLY, Commissioner.

The appellant appeals from a conviction for murder without malice; the punishment assessed by the court was imprisonment for five years. The appellant first complains of the court's refusal to submit to the jury the appellant's specially requested charge instructing the jury on the law of circumstantial evidence. The failure to submit to the jury the written request for this instruction which was timely made was error that requires...

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