BROWN v. STATE

No. 47126.

505 S.W.2d 850 (1974)

Lonnie Ray BROWN, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

February 27, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Selden B. Hale, Amarillo, for appellant.

Tom Hamilton, Dist. Atty., Plainview, Jim D. Vollers, State's Atty., and Buddy Stevens, Asst. State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


OPINION

DOUGLAS, Judge.

This is an appeal from a conviction for murder with malice. The jury assessed punishment at death.

Appellant was convicted of the January 14, 1971, murder of Lillian Kesler. The State relied in part on the testimony of an accomplice witness, Bobby DeShazo. The sufficiency of the evidence is challenged.

On the afternoon of January 13, the appellant, DeShazo and Billy Croft decided to burglarize several farmhouses. During...

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