Butler v. State

493 S.W.2d 190 (1973)

Franklin Lovere BUTLER, Appellant,

v.

The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

No. 44220.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

February 28, 1973.

Rehearing Denied May 1, 1973.

John M. Anderson, Fort Worth (On Appeal), for appellant.

Frank Coffey, Dist. Atty., William W. Chambers, Grant Liser and R. W. Crampton, Asst. Dist. Attys., Fort Worth, and Jim D. Vollers, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

OPINION

ONION, Presiding Judge.

The conviction is for murder where the punishment was assessed at 25 years.

This appeal presents, in part at least, the question of whether an accused in a criminal…