Fite v. State

290 S.W.2d 897 (1956)

Flaudell FITE, Appellant,

v.

The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

No. 28090.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

April 11, 1956.

Rehearing Denied May 30, 1956.

Hugh Snodgrass, Joe McNicholas, and Chas. E. Tobin, Dallas, for appellant.

Henry Wade, Dist. Atty., Fred Bruner, Geo. P. Blackburn, Thomas B. Thorpe and James K. Allen, Asst. Dist. Attys., Dallas, Leon B. Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

BELCHER, Commissioner.

The conviction is for rape; the punishment, death.

This is a companion case to that of Pierce v. State, Tex.Cr.App., 290 S.W.2d 912.

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