Legal Opinion
Short v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided July 10, 1974No. 48695PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
JACKSON, Commissioner.
The conviction was for murder with malice ; the punishment, death, which has been commuted to life by the Governor upon the recommendation of the Board of Pardons and Paroles.
Hattie Wilson operated a small grocery store easCof Tyler on the Chandler Highway in Smith County. She was found in a dying condition in her store on the afternoon of September 4, 1970. She had been severely beaten in the head with an axe handle, which lay near the body, with blood and hair on it, and which contained a fingerprint of appellant. She was also shot, from which she soon died.
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- Whan v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1972
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3Cited by36 opinions
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- Myre v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1977
- Self v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1986
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