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SYKES v. STATE

No. 47010.

503 S.W.2d 287 (1974)

Charles Lewis SYKES, Jr., Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

January 9, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Phillip Bordages, Kenneth D. Furlow, Beaumont, for appellant.

Tom Hanna, Dist. Atty., John DeWitt, Asst. Dist Atty., Beaumont, Jim D. Vollers, State's Atty., and Buddy Stevens, Asst. State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

OPINION

MORRISON, Judge.

The offense is murder with malice; the punishment twenty-five (25) years.

This is a companion case to Helms v. State, Tex.Cr.App., 493 S.W.2d 227, to which opinion reference is here made for a discussion of some of appellant's grounds.

Ground of error number one in this appeal is identical to the last ground of error in Helms and will not again be discussed, but is likewise...

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