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BATTEN v. STATE

No. 50945.

533 S.W.2d 788 (1976)

Mildred Opal BATTEN, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

February 25, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Milton E. Douglass, Jr., Wichita Falls, for appellant.

Timothy D. Eyssen, Dist. Atty., and Roger E. Towery, Asst. Dist. Atty., Wichita Falls, Jim D. Vollers, State's Atty., and David S. McAngus, Asst. State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

OPINION

ONION, Presiding Judge.

This appeal arises out of a conviction for capital murder [V.T.C.A. Penal Code, Sec. 19.03(a)(3)], wherein the jury assessed the punishment at life imprisonment.

The appellant was charged with hiring one James Bates to murder her husband, George Batten.

At the outset, we are confronted with the most serious question in the case — that the trial court erred in denying the appellant fifteen peremptory...

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