Ticer v. State

313 S.W.2d 301 (1958)

C. N. TICER, Appellant,

v.

The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

No. 29591.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

March 26, 1958.

Rehearing Denied May 14, 1958.

Allison, Steele & Allison, Levelland, for appellant.

George Gilkerson, Dist. Atty., Lubbock, John B. Stapleton, Dist. Atty., Floydada, and Leon B. Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

BELCHER, Commissioner.

The offense is murder; the punishment, five years.

The killing occurred near Spur, in Dickens County. Trial was in Lubbock County, venue having been changed by the court on his own motion.

The jury rejected appellant's…