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GILL v. STATE

No. 49034.

521 S.W.2d 866 (1974)

Charles Harvey GILL, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

Dissenting Opinion on Denial of Rehearing March 26, 1975.

Second Rehearing Denied April 23, 1975.

Second Motion for Rehearing Denied May 7, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Randy Schaffer, Houston, on appeal only, for appellant.

Carol S. Vance, Dist. Atty., Clyde F. DeWitt, III & Stanley Topek, Asst. Dist. Attys., Houston, Jim D. Vollers, State's Atty., and David S. McAngus, Asst. State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

OPINION

ODOM, Judge.

The offense is murder with malice; the punishment, life.

Appellant contends he was denied a reasonable time to present written objections to the charge as guaranteed him by Article 36.14, Vernon's Ann.C.C.P. The sentence of that article at issue provides:

"Before said charge is read to the jury, the defendant or his counsel shall have a reasonable time to examine the same and he shall present his objections...

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