Mitchell v. State

239 S.W.2d 384 (1951)

MITCHELL

v.

STATE.

No. 25014.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

February 21, 1951.

Rehearing Denied May 23, 1951.

Percy Foreman, Houston, for appellant.

A. C. Winborn, Criminal Dist. Atty., E. T. Branch, Asst. Criminal Dist. Atty. (now deceased), Spurgeon E. Bell, Special Pros., Houston, George P. Blackburn, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

WOODLEY, Commissioner.

The appeal is from a conviction for the murder of Jean Mitchell, the wife of appellant, the jury having assessed the death penalty.

The deceased met her death as a result of a pistol bullet fired into the top of her…