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GASSETT v. STATE

No. 56825.

587 S.W.2d 695 (1979)

William Parma GASSETT, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, Panel No. 1.

Rehearing Denied October 31, 1979.

Dissenting Opinion October 31, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Larry S. Parnass, George T. Bond and Carl R. Golden, Irving, for appellant.

Henry M. Wade, Dist. Atty., Steve Wilensky and Hugh Lucas, Jr., Asst. Dist. Attys., Dallas, Robert Huttash, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

Before ONION, P. J., PHILLIPS and TOM G. DAVIS, JJ., and KEITH, Commissioner.

Dissenting Opinion October 31, 1979. See 589 S.W.2d 699.

OPINION

KEITH, Commissioner.

The jury convicted appellant of murder with malice and set his punishment at confinement for twenty-two years.

Under the undisputed record, appellant shot Dr. Bob Sollock once in the chest with a pistol and the wound caused death almost instantaneously. Appellant was married to the former wife of the deceased and there...

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