HUNT v. STATE

No. 48788.

511 S.W.2d 954 (1974)

Bennie Lee HUNT, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

July 24, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Darryl G. Campbell, Dallas, for appellant.

Henry Wade, Dist. Atty., and Richard W. Wilhelm, Asst. Dist. Atty., Dallas, Jim D. Vollers, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


OPINION

GREEN, Commissioner.

This appeal is from a conviction, in a trial before a jury, of murder with malice. Punishment was assessed at life imprisonment.

Considering the facts most favorably to the verdict, the record reflects that on July 3, 1973, in Dallas, appellant entered a Stop & Go Drive In, walked to the cashier's stand, and shot and killed Michael W. Morrison. He then, while holding a gun to the chest of Mrs. Betty Carrington, forced...

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