SMITH v. STATE

No. 53085.

557 S.W.2d 299 (1977)

Harvey Allan SMITH, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

November 2, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald R. Scoggins, Dallas, for appellant.

Henry Wade, Dist. Atty., John H. Hagler, Kelly Loving and Bob Hinton, Asst. Dist. Attys., Dallas, Jim D. Vollers, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


OPINION

ROBERTS, Judge.

This is an appeal from a conviction for murder. The trial court assessed punishment at life imprisonment in the Texas Department of Corrections.

The sufficiency of the evidence is not challenged. The record reflects that the appellant and the deceased were identified as being the driver and passenger respectively in a minor one-car accident in Dallas during the early morning hours of August 23, 1975.

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