Gant v. State

328 S.W.2d 768 (1959)

Phillip GANT, Appellant,

v.

STATE of Texas, Appellee.

No. 30765.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

June 17, 1959.

Rehearing Denied October 21, 1959.

Chappell & Chappell, by John R. McFall, Burks & O'Connor, Lubbock, for appellant.

George E. Gilkerson, Dist. Atty., William C. Sparks, Asst. Dist. Atty., Lubbock, and Leon B. Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

MORRISON, Presiding Judge.

The offense is assault with intent to murder with malice; the punishment, 5 years.

The Sunday morning quiet of a West Texas city was marred by the following events. Askew, the man named in…