Hendrix v. State

OPINION

WOODLEY, Presiding Judge.

The offense is murder with malice; the punishment, life.

The indictment alleged the murder of Dwain Dwight Creekmore in Ector County, Texas, on or about the 20th day of July, 1968. Trial before a jury on June 3, 1969, was on a plea of not guilty and the jury assessed the punishment.

The record on appeal, accompanied by briefs filed in the trial court, was filed in this court on June 10, 1970.

Court appointed counsel who represented appellant at his trial was permitted to withdraw after sentence and his present counsel was appointed and has briefed and argued the…