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HILL v. STATE

No. 57371.

585 S.W.2d 713 (1979)

Ralph Combs HILL, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, Panel No. 3.

Rehearing Denied September 19, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dean White, Canton, Jon Van Orden, Houston, for appellant.

Henry M. Wade, Dist. Atty., J. T. Langford and Bob Whaley, Asst. Dist. Attys., Dallas, Robert Huttash, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

Before ODOM, PHILLIPS and W. C. DAVIS, JJ.

Rehearing En Banc Denied September 19, 1979.

OPINION

ODOM, Judge.

This is an appeal from a conviction for murder. Punishment was assessed at eleven years.

In his third ground of error appellant contends the trial court committed reversible error in refusing his requested charge on the defensive theory regarding the cause of death.

The State does not contest the fact that the evidence in this case clearly does raise the defensive issue...

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