Legal Opinion
Houston v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided January 4, 1956No. 27855Published
1Opinion of the Court
287 S.W.2d 643 (1956)
Billy Joe HOUSTON, Appellant,
v.
The STATE of Texas, Appellee.
No. 27855.
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.
January 4, 1956.
Rehearing Denied February 22, 1956.
C. A. Droby and Robert H. Stinson, Jr., Dallas, for appellant.
Henry Wade, Criminal Dist. Atty., James K. Allen, Thomas B. Thorpe, and George P. Blackburn, Asst. Criminal Dist. Attys., Dallas, and Leon B. Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.
MORRISON, Presiding Judge.
The offense is rape; the punishment, death.
Since the sole defense was that of insanity, the State's case will be summarized.
A fifty-four year old…
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