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EVANS v. STATE

No. 51309.

534 S.W.2d 707 (1976)

Billy Joe EVANS, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

March 31, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kerry P. Fitzgerald, Dallas, for appellant.

Henry Wade, Dist. Atty., Maridell Templeton, Les Eubanks and Robert Prather, Asst. Dist. Attys., Dallas, Jim D. Vollers, State's Atty., and David S. McAngus, Asst. State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

OPINION

DAVIS, Commissioner.

Appeal is taken from a conviction for murder. After the jury returned a verdict of guilty, punishment was assessed by the court at twenty-five years.

The deceased, Iris Zepther Carter, was found lying in front of the washateria he operated near the "intersection of Scyene and Hatcher" in Dallas during the early morning of August 22, 1971. Officer Carmack of the Dallas Police Department testified that deceased "looked...

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