ODUM v. STATE

No. 50888.

533 S.W.2d 1 (1975)

Francis ODUM, aka Frankie Odum, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

On Rehearing February 25, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Charles Hardin, Dallas, for appellant.

Thomas A. Curtis, Dist. Atty., and Bruce P. Sadler, Asst. Dist. Atty., Amarillo, Jim D. Vollers, State's Atty., Davis S. McAngus, Asst. State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


OPINION

GREEN, Commissioner.

In a trial before a jury, appellant was convicted of murder with malice. Punishment was assessed at 99 years.

Viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the judgment, the record reflects that in the evening of November 15, 1973, appellant and Frank Fales, uncle of appellant, acting together, assaulted Clem Pope, robbed him and killed him by stabbing him with a knife...

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