PROVOST v. STATE

No. 48693.

514 S.W.2d 269 (1974)

Leo John PROVOST and Larry Provost, Appellants, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

October 9, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daylee Wiggins, Beaumont, on appeal only, for appellants.

Tom Hanna, Dist. Atty., John R. De Witt, Asst. Dist. Atty., Beaumont and Jim D. Vollers, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


OPINION

REYNOLDS, Commissioner.

Jointly indicated and tried, appellants were convicted of the offense of murder with malice. The punishment assessed by the jury was confinement for seven years for appellant Leo John Provost and confinement for two years for appellant Larry Provost.

The first three grounds of error are directed to the sufficiency of the evidence to sustain the convictions. The major premise is that thirteen year old Wanda Provost...

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