Washington v. State

286 S.W.2d 629 (1956)

Marlon A. WASHINGTON, Appellant,

v.

The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

No. 27949.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

February 8, 1956.

F. J. Finch, Jr., Dallas, for appellant.

Tom Moore, Jr., Dist. Atty., Burney Walker, Asst. Dist. Atty., Waco, Leon B. Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

MORRISON, Presiding Justice.

The offense is murder; the punishment, death.

Deceased's fiancee testified that she and deceased were parked in deceased's automobile near Waco on the night he was murdered, that the appellant, armed with a flashlight and a pistol, robbed them and then required…