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DOCKERY v. STATE

No. 49932.

542 S.W.2d 644 (1975)

Larry Kenneth DOCKERY, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

Motion for Rehearing October 20, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald F. Maierson (On appeal only), Houston, for appellant.

Carol S. Vance, Dist. Atty., James C. Brough and Tim Alexander, Asst. Dist. Attys., Houston, Jim D. Vollers, State's Atty., and David S. McAngus, Asst. State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

OPINION

DOUGLAS, Judge.

Appellant was convicted for the offense of negligent homicide in the first degree under the former Code. His punishment was assessed by the jury at confinement in jail for 180 days.

Appellant was tried in 1974. He contends that he should not have been tried because negligent homicide is not named as an offense under the present penal code.

The information alleges in substance that appellant on or about November 30...

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