Ellisor v. State

282 S.W.2d 393 (1955)

Merle Wayne ELLISOR, Appellant,

v.

The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

No. 27645.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

June 22, 1955.

Chap. B. Cain, C. C. Chessher, Liberty, Joe J. Newman, Houston, for appellant.

Dan Walton, Dist. Atty., Eugene Brady, Asst. Dist. Atty., Thomas D. White, Asst. Dist. Atty., Houston, Leon Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

MORRISON, Presiding Judge.

The offense is murder; the punishment, death.

There is no conflict in the evidence except as to the sanity of the accused. In view of this, the State's evidence will be summarized. The appellant, who…