Coleman v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the District Court of Navarro. Tried below before Hob. Rufus Hardy. This appeal is from a conviction for murder in the first degree, the punishment being assessed at death. The defendant pleaded guilty to the indictment. The defects as to the suEciency of the plea are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
DAVIDSON, Judge.
The appellant was tried under an indictment charging him with murder. The jury found him guilty of murder in the first degree, and assessed his punishment at death; and from the judgment of the lower court he prosecutes this appeal. The appellant made a motion to dismiss this case, on the ground that he had previously, at the same term of court, been tried on an indictment charging him with murder of another person than the one contained in the indictment in this case, was convicted of murder in the first degree, and his punishment assessed at confinement in the penitentiary…
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