Hill v. State

585 S.W.2d 713 (1979)

Ralph Combs HILL, Appellant,

v.

The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

No. 57371.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, Panel No. 3.

June 13, 1979.

Rehearing Denied September 19, 1979.

Dean White, Canton, Jon Van Orden, Houston, for appellant.

Henry M. Wade, Dist. Atty., J. T. Langford and Bob Whaley, Asst. Dist. Attys., Dallas, Robert Huttash, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

Before ODOM, PHILLIPS and W. C. DAVIS, JJ.

Rehearing En Banc Denied September 19, 1979.

OPINION

ODOM, Judge.

This is an appeal from a conviction for murder. Punishment was assessed at eleven years.

In his third ground…