Thrash v. State

338 S.W.2d 447 (1960)

Lawrence W. THRASH, Appellant,

v.

STATE of Texas, Appellee.

No. 31138.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

February 10, 1960.

Rehearing Denied June 8, 1960.

Charles William Tessmer, Bill McMahan, Dallas, for appellant.

Henry Wade, Criminal Dist. Atty., James K. Allen, William F. Alexander, Frank Watts, Thomas B. Thorpe, Phil Burleson, Asst. Criminal Dist. Atty., Dallas, and Leon B. Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

MORRISON, Presiding Judge.

The offense is murder; the punishment, thirty-five years.

The State's evidence reveals that appellant, his wife, and another…