Blount v. State

376 S.W.2d 844 (1964)

Fay Leon BLOUNT, Appellant,

v.

The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

No. 36357.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

February 26, 1964.

Rehearing Denied April 15, 1964.

Robert C. Benavides, Dallas (on appeal only), for appellant.

Henry Wade, Dist. Atty., Edwin L. Davis, Don Nicholson and Stephen W. Guittard, Asst. Dist. Attys., Dallas, and Leon B. Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

McDONALD, Judge.

The offense is assault with intent to murder with malice; the punishment, confinement in the state penitentiary for ten years.

The state's evidence reflects that in the early morning…