Washington v. State

400 S.W.2d 756 (1966)

Jackie WASHINGTON, Appellant,

v.

The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

No. 38873.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

January 5, 1966.

Rehearing Denied February 23, 1966.

Second Motion for Rehearing Denied March 30, 1966.

Charles W. Tessmer, Dallas (On Appeal Only), Emmett Colvin, Jr., Dallas (On Appeal Only), for appellant.

Henry Wade, Dist. Atty., Jim Zimmerman, Mike Everett and W. John Allison Jr., Asst. Dist. Attys., Dallas, and Leon B. Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

BELCHER, Commissioner.

The conviction is for murder; the punishment, fifty years.

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