Forder v. State

456 S.W.2d 378 (1970)

Timothy Michael FORDER, Appellant,

v.

The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

No. 42879.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

June 2, 1970.

On Rehearing July 22, 1970.

Turner & Eaton, by John Eaton, San Angelo, for appellant.

O. L. Parish, Jr., County Atty., Ballinger, Royal Hart, Dist. Atty., San Angelo, and Jim D. Vollers, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

OPINION

BELCHER, Judge.

The conviction is for murder; the punishment, ninety-nine years.

At the time of the alleged commission of the offense the appellant was sixteen years of age. The Juvenile Court of Runnels County, the county in…