Shaw v. State

510 S.W.2d 926 (1974)

James Dilliard SHAW, Appellant,

v.

The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

No. 47886.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

March 20, 1974.

Rehearing Granted June 12, 1974.

Rehearing Denied July 10, 1974.

Leo A. Kissner, Houston, for appellant.

Carol S. Vance, Dist. Atty., James C. Brough, Stu Stewart, Asst. Dist. Attys., Houston, Jim D. Vollers, State's Atty., and Buddy Stevens, Asst. State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

OPINION

MORRISON, Judge.

The offense is murder without malice; the punishment, five years.

In his sole ground of error, appellant complains of the failure of the trial court to…