Phillips v. State

312 S.W.2d 644 (1958)

Charles Leonard PHILLIPS, Appellant,

v.

The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

No. 29067.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

March 12, 1958.

Rehearing Denied April 30, 1958.

John D. Glass, Ben Ferrell, Tyler, for appellant.

Harry Loftis, Dist. Atty., R. S. Burruss, Asst. Dist. Atty., Tyler, and Leon B. Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

MORRISON, Presiding Judge.

The offense is murder; the punishment, life.

The homicide occurred at the home of the deceased at a time when his wife, two brothers, two of his children and their spouses were present. The appellant was a neighbor. All…