Bailey v. State

532 S.W.2d 316 (1975)

James McNeill BAILEY, Appellant,

v.

The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

No. 49983.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

September 23, 1975.

Rehearing Denied February 4, 1976.

Second Rehearing Denied February 25, 1976.

Emmett Colvin and Joe Max Hendley, Dallas, for appellant.

John Lawhon, Dist. Atty., Alan L. Levy, Asst. Dist. Atty., Denton, Jim D. Vollers, State's Atty., David S. McAngus, Asst. State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

OPINION

BROWN, Commissioner.

The conviction is for murder; the punishment, assessed by the jury, life imprisonment.

At 1:45 P.M. on February 11, 1974, Shirley…