Jennings v. State

367 S.W.2d 670 (1963)

Alex JENNINGS, Sr., Appellant,

v.

The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

No. 35518.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

March 13, 1963.

Rehearing Denied May 1, 1963.

Second Rehearing Denied May 29, 1963.

Sidney E. Dawson, Walter L. Wray, and W. J. Durham, Dallas, for appellant.

Bruce Allen, County Atty., McGee Parramore, Asst. County Atty., Waxahachie, and Leon B. Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

MORRISON, Judge.

The offense is assault with intent to murder with malice; the punishment, 25 years.

As in Brothers v. State, 167 Tex.Cr.R. 521, 321 S.W.2d 311, the question of prime…