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FAIRRIS v. STATE

No. 49183.

515 S.W.2d 921 (1974)

Jerry Leonard FAIRRIS, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

November 27, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas M. Roberson and Fred M. Heacock, Houston, for appellant.

Carol S. Vance, Dist. Atty., James C. Brough, George Karam, Asst. Dist. Attys., Houston, and Jim D. Vollers, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

OPINION

GREEN, Commissioner.

Appellant, in a trial before a jury, was convicted of murder with malice. Punishment was assessed by the jury at nine hundred ninety-nine years.

This is a retrial of Farris v. State, Tex. Cr.App., 496 S.W.2d 55, reversed because of the failure of the court to charge on circumstantial evidence. In this trial, the appellant suggested to the trial court that his last name was Fairris,...

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