Legal Opinion
Ross v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided June 7, 1950No. 24630Published
1Opinion of the Court
BEAUCHAMP, Judge.
The appeal is from a conviction for murder, with the death penalty.
The indictment alleges that Herman Lee Ross, the appellant, killed Guido Nesti on the 1st day of June, 1948, by shooting him with a gun.
Nesti was the keeper of a package store. Appellant went to his place at night and, in the perpetration of a robbery, shot his victim to death while he was standing with his hands up. He then walked away from the scene. Parties who witnessed the crime recognized appellant as he walked away, according to their testimony on the trial. Further facts in the case, including the…
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