Baker v. State

368 S.W.2d 627 (1963)

Arthur BAKER, Appellant,

v.

The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

No. 35570.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

April 10, 1963.

Rehearing Denied May 22, 1963.

Second Motion for Rehearing Denied June 19, 1963.

Arthur L. Lapham, Victoria (on appeal only), for appellant.

Leon B. Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

DICE, Commissioner.

The conviction is for murder; the punishment, ninety-nine years in the penitentiary.

The indictment charged that on or about the 31st day of August, 1961, the appellant did "unlawfully, voluntarily and with malice aforethought kill and murder Laura…