Clardy v. State

OPINION

ONION, Judge.

The offense is murder with malice; the punishment 30 years’ confinement in the Texas Department of Corrections.

The indictment (No. 118,445) charging appellant with the murder of Betty Clardy on or about the 26th day of November, A.D., 1965, was returned and presented in open court by the Grand Jury of Harris County on January 4, 1966.

On May 2, 1966, the State filed its written notice that it would not seek the death penalty. This was in accordance with Article 1.14, Vernon’s Ann.C.C.P.

Thereafter on the same date the appellant waived trial by jury as provided for in Article…