Branford v. State

306 S.W.2d 725 (1957)

Frank Tom BRANFORD, Appellant,

v.

The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

No. 28848.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

October 9, 1957.

Saub, Walker & Hammond, King C. Haynie, Houston [on appeal only], for appellant.

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

BELCHER, Commissioner.

The conviction is for negligent homicide of the second degree; the punishment, two years in jail.

The state's pleadings alleged, its proof showed, and the jury found that the appellant while operating his automobile in excess of…