Runkle v. State

484 S.W.2d 912 (1972)

Robert Niel RUNKLE, Appellant,

v.

The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

No. 44984.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

June 14, 1972.

Rehearing Denied October 18, 1972.

Doran, Gulley & Murrah by Haygood Gulley, Del Rio, for appellant.

John F. Pettit, Dist. Atty., Del Rio, and Jim D. Vollers, State's Atty., and Robert A. Huttash, Asst. State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

OPINION

ODOM, Judge.

This appeal is from a conviction for the offense of murder with malice. Punishment was assessed by the jury at confinement for a term of ninety-nine years.

Three grounds of error are alleged, all…